Question

Suriland cannot both export wheat and keep bread plentiful and affordable in Suriland. Accordingly, Suriland's wheat farmers are required to sell their crop to the government, which pays them a dollar per bushel less than the price on the world market. Therefore, if the farmers could sell their wheat on the world market, they would make a dollar per bushel more, less any additional transportation and brokerage costs they would have to pay.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Suriland's wheat farmers have higher production costs than do farmers in many other wheat-producing countries.
(B) Sale of a substantial proportion of Suriland's wheat crop on the world market would probably depress the price of wheat.
(C) The transportation and brokerage costs that Suriland's farmers would face if they sold their wheat outside Suriland could amount to almost a dollar per bushel.
(D) Suriland is surrounded by countries that do not import any wheat.
(E) The price of a bushel of wheat on the world market occasionally drops below the average cost of producing a bushel of wheat in Suriland.

Answer 1

the most accurate argument is (C) The transportation and brokerage costs that Suriland's farmers would face if they sold their wheat outside Suriland could amount to almost a dollar per bushel.

Explanation:

The cost of transportation and other logistics is being covered by the government that is why the government pay less than dollar per bushel.

so the price of the wheat would have to decrease at home so that the cost of the transportation can be covered by the government who are buying directly from the farmers.