Because of the recent transformation of the market, Quore, Inc., must increase productivity 10 percent over the cours...

Naz September 16, 2014

I think what you're asking is why aren't we diagramming it: If there is a recent transformation of the market, then we either have to increase productivity by 10 percent over the course of the next two years, or Quore, Inc. will certainly go bankrupt.

Let me know if I have understood your question correctly.

Now, the portion of the passage that you have highlighted is not a sufficient condition, it is a statement of fact. We know that the recent transformation of the market has occurred. The statement says, "Because of the recent transformation of the market . . . " "Because" is not an indicator word. It merely introduces a premise.

So, all that we know is that the recent transformation of the market has happened and now we have two options that must occur.

Remember what a sufficient condition is: it is a condition (X) that is said to be sufficient for another condition (Y), if and only if the occurrence of X guarantees or brings about the occurrence of Y.

Nothing in the passage leads us to believe that the recent transformation was sufficient to guarantee our binary of needing to have either the productivity to increase by 10 percent over the course of the next two years or that Quore, Inc. will go bankrupt. We merely know that the transformation has brought about the situation that one of those options must now occur.

Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.

jrod5488 September 16, 2014

That's exactly what I was asking. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

Miller September 12, 2017

This was my question too. In your answer you say this, "Nothing in the passage leads us to believe that the recent transformation was sufficient to guarantee our binary of needing to have either the productivity to increase by 10 percent over the course of the next two years or that Quore, Inc. will go bankrupt. We merely know that the transformation has brought about the situation that one of those options must now occur."

Doesn't knowing "that the transformation has brought about the situation that one of those options must now occur" make the transformation sufficient for that situation to exist?

Mehran November 5, 2017

Hi @Miller, thanks for your post. The issue is that we don't know WHICH of the conditions will occur, just because we know the historical fact that there has been a transformation in the market. For this reason, the historical fact that there has been a transformation in the market is not, in and of itself, a sufficient condition that necessitates a particular outcome. Hope that helps to clarify!