jim441 wrote:
A looks more relevant. pls help
A little tip--it helps to explain your reasoning, so that we know how to help. Why do you think A 'looks more relevant?' What is your understanding of the passage and the answer choice? By writing this out, you'll help us see how to help you. You also might find that you catch where your reasoning has gone awry.
Here, we're trying to explain how seemingly contradictory things can be true. What are those things?
1). Several of the most widely read magazines might fail soon because advertising revenue is down.
2). In general, more people are reading magazines than ever before.
3). There are more financially successful magazines than the country has ever had.
How could this be?
Well, we need an answer that shows why some magazines are doing great, even as some of the most widely read magazines are failing.
Answer A says: Most magazines reduce the amount they charge for advertisement's during a recession.
*Maybe* this could explain how there could be 'more financially successful magazines' in the country-- as in, maybe they are lowering their advertising prices and therefore, actually, getting more money! The old "lower prices but sell a lot more" strategy. But... then why are *the most widely read magazines failing?*
Also--we are explicitly told that "most magazines have experienced decreases in advertising revenues." So it's not reasonable to suspect that lowering advertising prices is leading to 'more financially successful magazines' than ever before. Most magazines are losing advertising revenues.
Answer C explains what we need to best.
The most wide read magazines rely on advertising revenue, and since that is down, they are hurting. Many other magazines, however, *don't* rely on advertising for their revenue--they rely on circulation. Well, since so many people are reading magazines, the magazines that rely on circulation could be doing quite well, but ones that rely on advertising are hurting. C does everything we need the answer to do.
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