Admission Tests Graduate Management Admission Test (2022) GMAT Question # 9 Topic 1 Discussion

Admission Tests Graduate Management Admission Test (2022) GMAT Question # 9 Topic 1 Discussion

GMAT Exam Topic 1 Question 9 Discussion:
Question #: 9
Topic #: 1

Sizable amounts of ice on the moon could provide future moon dwellers with drinking water and, if they split the water into its atomic components, hydrogen for fuel and oxygen for air. For a decade, scientists have argued about whether there is Ice in the Shaddeton crater located at the moon's south pole. Radar signals reflected off the crater are consistent with one of two scenarios: either the crater contains ice or the crater has a highly rough surface. Many scientists believe that the Shackleton crater does contain ice because_________.

Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the argument above?


A.

ice is known to exist on many planetary moons


B.

radar signals reflected off the moon's dry, rough-surfaced Schomberger crater are not significantly different from the signals reflected off the Shackleton crater


C.

mass spectrometry analysis indicates higher hydrogen atom concentrations in the Shackleton cratef than are typical of rough lunar surfaces


D.

the Shackleton crater is in permanent shadow and so its temperature is well below freezing


E.

the moon has a few very rough areas, where its surface has not been sandblasted to a very fine dust


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