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Zorluk: OrtaResolve the Paradox

To reduce fraudulent warranty claims on its premium kitchen appliances, a manufacturer began requiring customers to upload a digital copy of their original purchase receipt through an online portal before submitting a claim. Following the introduction of this portal, the total number of approved, legitimate warranty claims increased by nearly thirty percent, even though overall sales of the appliances remained constant and there was no increase in the rate of manufacturing defects. Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the increase in legitimate warranty claims?

  1. A
    The new digital verification portal successfully detected and rejected over ninety percent of fraudulent warranty claims submitted with altered or fabricated store receipts.
  2. B
    The requirement to scan and upload receipts led many legitimate consumers who had misplaced their original documentation to abandon the warranty claim process entirely.
  3. Prior to the introduction of the digital portal, filing a claim required consumers to mail physical paper receipts and packaging to a remote inspection facility, a cumbersome process that had deterred many consumers with defective units from seeking repairs.Cevap
  4. D
    Independent repair shops in major metropolitan markets charge higher labor fees than the manufacturer's network of certified service technicians.
  5. E
    Nearly all consumers who purchase high-end kitchen appliances retain both electronic and physical copies of their sales receipts for the entirety of the warranty period.

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The statement explaining that filing claims previously required consumers to mail physical paper receipts and packaging to a remote inspection facility, which had deterred many consumers with defective units from seeking repairs.
The correct response resolves the paradox by identifying a baseline suppression factor in the previous procedure. If submitting warranty claims previously required an onerous physical mailing process that deterred eligible owners of defective machines from claiming repairs, introducing a convenient online portal would naturally allow those previously abandoned legitimate claims to be filed, causing total approved valid claims to rise by thirty percent even with flat sales and unchanged defect rates.

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1
Isolate the two conflicting premises in the stimulus
Premise 1: A manufacturer added a digital receipt upload requirement to stop fraud. Premise 2: Approved legitimate warranty claims rose by nearly 30%, despite steady sales and unchanged defect rates.
Resolving a paradox requires clearly defining the exact tension between the established facts.
2
Formulate the necessary bridging mechanism
The correct answer must explain how valid claims could surge without an increase in appliance sales or defective units.
The resolution must allow both premises to be true simultaneously without contradicting either fact.
3
Evaluate the choices for a mechanism that accounts for the increase in valid claims
The option showing that the previous paper-mailing system deterred valid claims accounts for the sudden realization of previously unfiled, legitimate claims once the easier portal was implemented.
Lowering friction captures latent demand from customers who previously suffered defects in silence.

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Reconciling an apparent discrepancy by identifying a change in procedural friction that unlocked unexercised claims
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