The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit theater group, has always been financially dependent on contributions from corporations and would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support. But the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year, but also announced its schedule for the next year.

Which of the following is a conclusion that can be properly drawn from the above information?

a) None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year.

b) Earlier this year, the group found new non-coprate sponsors and other sources of funding for the next year, making the group less dependent on corporate sponsors for financial support.

c) During this year, the corporate funding for the group almost doubled so that they could announce their programs for the next year also.

d) The Green Ensemble started using more risque themes in its plays so that there will be more public support and less reliance on corporate sponsorship.

e) The members of the Green Ensemble agreed to take a substantial cut in their salaries in order to continue into the next year.










In this question, I chose C, however the OA is A. I can't understand why A is the answer because I think that you can't really tell whether ALL of the sponsors remained because some of them might have increased their financial contributions that could make up for any other sponsors that chose not to contribute anymore. Whether All the sponsors remained, the one thing that I was certain of is that the received money must have increased. If a certain amount allows the theater to run throughout a year, then that same theater must have doubled the amount of the received contributions in order to be in a position to even talk about the following year. What do you all think guys? Am I missing something here or is it the OA that is wrong?
thanks

Tarek,

I think you missed this in the stem:

would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support

So if any withdrew, they would have to disband. It doesnt talk about money contributions just if a sponsor left, no matter how much or little money they provided.