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On Monday, Daisy s Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents [#permalink]
 11 Aug 2010, 13:03
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On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30 cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues and identical profits.
The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
A.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
B.The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy’s Lemonade Stand.
C.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
D.In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy’s Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon Shack.
E.The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
11 Aug 2010, 16:50
IMO....D
If Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues and profits, then it follows that Daisy's Lemonade Stand, at a lower price point, sold more cups of lemonade. As such, it is fair to assume that customers prefer Daisy's Lemonade to the Lemon Shack.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
11 Aug 2010, 18:36
Profit = revenue - cost of operations
if profit and revenue are the same for both Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and Lemon Shack in the above equation then the cost of operations should be same also.
This is only provided by
C.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses. <answer>
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
11 Aug 2010, 19:42
25 seconds and C it is. OA please.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
11 Aug 2010, 22:24
Financier wrote: On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30 cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues and identical profits.
The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
A.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
B.The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy’s Lemonade Stand.
C.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
D.In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy’s Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon Shack.
E.The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices. Nice one. IMO C. Since Costs(expenses) = Revenues-Profits, and since the costs were identical for both stands the answer automatically converges towards C. Another point to note here is the argument mentions the situation for Monday only so it becomes more likely that the assertion for the argument would be based on what concludes on Monday and would seldom be a generic one. Regards, meshtrap
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
11 Aug 2010, 22:52
OA is "C".
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
12 Aug 2010, 00:12
C can replace the the argument itself.  D means that Daisy's make more revenue and profits.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
12 Aug 2010, 01:28
i marked E ... i thought in c identical cost means cost to each lemonade
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
12 Aug 2010, 06:06
between C and D .. C
is better ...as it is indorectly given in the question itself ... however D would be a slighlty exaggerated assertion regarding consumer liking
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
12 Aug 2010, 17:19
More cups Daysy's lemonade were sold, so it was more in demand among the consumers. And it was more in demand, probably for many reasons, one of them could be a lower price compared to lemonade shacks. D
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
12 Aug 2010, 22:59
rlevochkin wrote: More cups Daysy's lemonade were sold, so it was more in demand among the consumers. And it was more in demand, probably for many reasons, one of them could be a lower price compared to lemonade shacks.
D It's true, but you dig toooo deeply...
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
13 Aug 2010, 07:58
Nice question ...
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
13 Aug 2010, 08:31
C for me as well.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
14 Aug 2010, 05:40
I say E, second choice, C. After re-reading two times.
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Re: Manhattan_CR (On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold...) [#permalink]
14 Aug 2010, 06:08
IMO D
C.On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
I believe C means that Daisy and Shack had similar input costs to run their business. But this should not be true. As Shack's price > Daisy's price, so Shack mush have reached the profit value by selling less than daisy.
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Re: On Monday, Daisy s Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents [#permalink]
28 Dec 2012, 16:28
Experts, Isn't this question ill-framed and vague. Clearly D is a good answer choice It's fair to assume that since customers prefer Daisy over Shack, Daisy would sell more cups. And since Daisy sells at 20cents & Shack at 30cents, we need to show that daisy sold more to make the revenue equal. Choice C can also be substantiated but is weaker as the costs being the same, and selling the same number of cups, Shack > Daisy. M thirsty now. Views?
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