broall wrote:
The only way that bookstores can profitably sell books at below-market prices is to get the books at a discount from publishers. Unless bookstores generate a high sales volume, however, they cannot get discounts from publishers. To generate such volume, bookstores must either cater to mass tastes or have exclusive access to a large specialized market, such as medical textbooks, or both.
Which one of the following can be properly inferred?
(A) If a bookstore receives discounts from publishers, it will profitably sell books at below-market prices.
(B) A bookstore that caters to mass tastes or has exclusive access to a large specialized market will have a high sales volume.
(C) A bookstore that profitably sells books at below-market prices gets discounts from publishers.
(D) A bookstore that does not sell books at below market prices does not get discounts from publishers.
(E) A bookstore that not only caters to mass tastes but also has exclusive access to a large specialized market cannot profitably sell books at below-market prices.
Source: LSAT
Short Story : 1. The only way that bookstores can profitably sell books at below-market prices is to get the books at a discount from publishers.
2. Unless bookstores generate a high sales volume, publishers are not going to give discounts.
3. To generate high sales volume, bookstores must either cater to mass tastes or have exclusive access to a large specialized market, such as medical textbooks, or both.
Conclusion : To sell books at below-market prices, the bookstore should get discount which is possible only by high volume sales of books which is in turm possible when bookstores either cater to mass tastes or have exclusive access to large specialized market.
(A) If a bookstore receives discounts from publishers, it will profitably sell books at below-market prices.This might not be the case, a bookstore may or may not profitable sell books at below-market prices though they can.
(B) A bookstore that caters to mass tastes or has exclusive access to a large specialized market will have a high sales volume.This is a required condition but not sufficient. There might be a possibility that even after catering to mass tastes or having exclusive access to large specialized market, high sales volume might not be generated.
(C) A bookstore that profitably sells books at below-market prices gets discounts from publishers.This is surely correct. If a bookstore is selling books profitably at below-market prices, it must be getting discounts from publishers.
(D) A bookstore that does not sell books at below market prices does not get discounts from publishers.A bookstore might be getting discount from publishers, but not selling books at below-market prices.
(E) A bookstore that not only caters to mass tastes but also has exclusive access to a large specialized market cannot profitably sell books at below-market prices.This is totally opposite to what has been described in the passage.
So, My Answer is C (Earlier I marked B. but now I feel B is wrong) . Waiting for the original answer.