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ID: GMAT-VR-CR-017
Section: Verbal Reasoning - Critical Reasoning (CR)
Topic: Resolve the Paradox
Difficulty level: Hard

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Two years ago Rensfeld replaced its twice-weekly kerbside collection of household waste with a once-weekly collection, expecting the change to alter when residents put waste out but not how much there was. Yet the municipality's records show the weight it collected last year was 15 percent below the year before the change, though the number of households rose over that period and no new recycling service was introduced.

Which of the following, if true, best explains the drop the records show?

AHouseholds in Rensfeld now put out roughly twice as much waste at each collection as they did before the change.

BThe number of households in Rensfeld grew more slowly last year than in any of the three years before that.

CIn surveys, most Rensfeld residents said they had opposed the move to a single weekly collection and still do.

DMunicipalities near Rensfeld that kept twice-weekly collection recorded heavier household waste totals last year than in the year before.

ERensfeld's records count only kerbside collections, and the separately recorded tonnage residents carry to municipal drop-off yards has risen steeply.

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