Painting wood furniture requires less time than does finishing the fun

Painting wood furniture requires less time than does finishing the furniture with a stain and polyurethane. On the other hand, a finish of stain and polyurethane lasts much longer than does paint. Yet one further fact in favor of paint is that it costs significantly less than does stain and polyurethane. Therefore, if reducing work time and saving money are more important to people, they will paint their wood furniture rather than finish it with stain and polyurethane.

The argument in the passage above makes which of the following assumptions?


(A) It is better to paint wood furniture than it is to stain and polyurethane it.

(B) Most people consider reducing work time and saving money to be more important than the longevity of a finish.

(C) Most people prefer to leave wood furniture unfinished rather than to paint or to stain and polyurethane the wood.

(D) Work time, cost, and longevity are equally important factors in deciding whether to paint wood furniture or stain and polyurethane it.

(E) Work time, cost, and longevity are the only important differences between painting wood furniture and finishing it with stain and polyurethane.