I could not type in Chinese. Hope you can still understand.
Hotco Company will calculate the amount of oil a company will use in the next 2 years, it is a certain amount of money. Let's say it is X. The Hotco burner uses Y amount of oil. In the end, the company will get (X-Y). If Y is decreased, the company will get more money.
“the cost savings between the total amount the asphalt plant actually paid for oil using its former burner during the last two years and the total amount it will pay for oil using the Hotco burner during the next two years.”
=> payment is cost saving (with this formula) = paid with former burner in past two years - paid with new bunner in coming two years = Price of past 2 yrs * oil amount used by old burner - Price of next 2 yrs * oil amount used by new burner
so for answer D, a decrease in the demande of asphalt might decrease the oil amount used by new burner, which is a advantage; for answer E, the rising of price of oil will increase the price of next 2 yrs, which is a disadvantge.
This question tells us to answer the question based on the assumption it gave rather than our common sense.
是不是过了太久了。。。
题目上说 payment是last two years 的油费付出-next two years 的邮费付出。
假如现在每台耗油10单位,last two year油价1块,则现在邮费10
不涨价 新机器每台耗油2单位,每台油费2,省8元则hotco赚8元
涨价 仍耗油2,油价2,每台油费4,省6元则赚6元。
等于赚的少了。
主要注意看题目中俩个时间点。
Hotco will get = amount paid for oil in last 2 years - amount paid for oil in next 2 years
now suppose the plant used 100 liters of oil in last 2 years at a price of $2 per liter....which means the plant spent $200 on oil
the price of oil is steadily increasing
now suppose the plane used 70 liters of oils (because the burner is efficient) in next 2 years at a price of $2.30 per liter....which means the plant will spend $161 on oil
Hotco will get = 200 - 161 = $39 for its burner which will be disadvantageous for Hotco because of its plan.
16楼和18楼的正解。纠结于D的同学是明显搞错了比较对象!
题目说的是未来两年与过去两年的用油量相比呀(between....during the last two years and...during the next two years),不是未来两年用新机器和不用新机器的油量对比!
换句话说,过去两年的用油量已经是固定值了,那么未来两年用的油越少越好,不管是装了新机器节油,还是生产的少,总之用的油比前两年少就行,最好是一点油不用(一点不生产),那样和过去两年比用油费用的差距最大了。
这个题的OG解释非常清楚,一句话就把D否了。我们不用搞这么复杂的计算,明显把简单问题搞复杂了。(如果D改成了沥青的需求增加了,那才复杂了,但是GMAC不会出现两个同时削弱的选项来让你判断哪一个更能削弱,一定是只有一个可以削弱的选项)