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03 Oct 2008, 18:16
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Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality, more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales. Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest justification for the managers’ judgment? A. A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular item but, once there, find other items to buy as well. B. In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas. C. The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s national parks, where most of the camping and hiking is done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities. D. Advances in materials technology have led to the development of hiking and camping equipment that is more comfortable and lightweight than before. E. Many people in Boravia not only are committed to preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also are interested in spending some time in them.
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arorag wrote: Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality, more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest justification for the managers’ judgment?
A. A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular item but, once there, find other items to buy as well. Irrelevant B. In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas. Possible explaination for weak sales. C. The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s national parks, where most of the camping and hiking is done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities. Possible but strong Leap in logic D. Advances in materials technology have led to the development of hiking and camping equipment that is more comfortable and lightweight than before. Irrelevant E. Many people in Boravia not only are committed to preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also are interested in spending some time in them. Contradicts thesis. More people should be buying equiment. between B and C, B can stand alone, thus seems more likely.
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B is the only one which clarifies....
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Answer for me is B)
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arorag wrote: Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality, more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales. Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest justification for the managers’ judgment?
A. A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular item but, once there, find other items to buy as well. -> this is wrong
B. In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas. -> this is APT justifies hy camping equip salea are not high inspite of good economy
C. The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s national parks, where most of the camping and hiking is done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities. ->this actually weakens since more money why not increased sales
D. Advances in materials technology have led to the development of hiking and camping equipment that is more comfortable and lightweight than before. -> this is irrelevant
E. Many people in Boravia not only are committed to preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also are interested in spending some time in them. -> this is wrong ,Irrelevant
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B for me.
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