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ID: GMAT-CR-4
Section: Verbal Reasoning - Critical Reasoning
Topic: Complete the Argument
Difficulty level: Medium

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Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

Dan Manufacturers has sold both paper shopping bags and plastic shopping bags in the United States for decades. Paper shopping bags cost 30 percent more to produce and store but sell only at a 10 percent premium over plastic shopping bags. Though the company's recent decision to produce and sell only paper shopping bags from now on will hurt profits in the next few quarters, it will benefit the company in the long-term since ____________________.

Apaper shopping bags are more profitable than plastic shopping bags
Bplastic shopping bags are a major cause of environmental degradation
Cthe production and storage of paper shopping bags costs only 50 percent of their selling price
Dthough the paper shopping bags will still cost 30 percent more and sell at a 10 percent premium over plastic shopping bags, the selling price of plastic shopping bags is on a long-term increasing trend and over the next few quarters, is projected to become greater than three times the cost to produce and store plastic shopping bags
Emany campaigns are being launched world over to urge consumers to switch from plastic shopping bags to paper shopping bags

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