Corporate Officer: Last year was an unusually poor one for our chemical division, which has traditionally contributed about 60 percent of the corporation’s profits. It is therefore encouraging that there is the following evidence that the pharmaceutical division is growing stronger: it contributed 45 percent of the corporation’s profits, up from 20 percent the previous year.
On the basis of the facts stated, which of the following is the best critique of the evidence presented above?

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Correct Answer is :  The percentage of the corporation’s profits attributable to the pharmaceutical division could have increased even if that division’s performance had not improved.

GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 3