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ID: GMAT-CR-2
Section: Verbal Reasoning - Critical Reasoning
Topic: Assumption
Difficulty level: Hard

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As per industry reports, fossil-powered cars are expected to lose 10 percentage points of their global market share, which is expressed as the percentage of the total annual revenues of the global car market, to solar-powered cars by 2025. Since continuing improvements in technology are expected to decrease the cost of manufacturing solar-powered cars considerably, the profits of the manufacturers of solar-powered cars are expected to increase by more than 10 percent by 2025.

Which of the following is an assumption that the author makes for his prediction about the profits of the manufacturers of solar-powered cars?

ABy 2025, the global market for cars will not shrink considerably.
BBy 2025, the selling price of solar-powered cars will decrease considerably.
CBy 2025, the cost of manufacturing fossil-powered cars will not decrease as much as the cost of manufacturing solar-powered cars.
DIn 2025, the selling price of solar-powered cars will be lesser than that of fossil-powered cars.
EIn 2025, more solar-powered cars will be sold than fossil-powered cars.

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