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Enjoyed does not mean sold.

So the consumer might be enjoying the product but that does not mean one would buy it, hence it gives no reason to believe that the plan would work.

This is a type of flaw in the argument called - "Imprecise language" -> Question stem is talking about one thing and answer choice is talking about another thing that looks very similar
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thanks for the explanation. specially the part that point that in answer A " if consumers enjoy it as much, it doesnt mean that the same sale would work " it remind me many similar tricky question on the exam.
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A. Consumers enjoy radicchio as much as they enjoy peach marmalade : consumer's enjoyment is a subjective term, even if consumers enjoy it as much, it doesnt mean that the same sale would work since many other factors other than enjoyment (price per bottle for one) will determine decision to purchase or not.

b. Consumers who are willing to purchase large quantities of marmalade, which has a shelf life of one year, will be similarly willing to purchase large quantities of radicchio, which has a shelf life of 5-10 days. : Correct option- 5 for price of 4 could work for marmalade because they could store it for an year. If the shelf life of radicchio is large, consumers will not want to go in for an offer which gives them a discount if they buy a larger number. ( 5 for price of 4)

c. Radicchio is currently in season. : That has no relationship to the probability of the scheme being effective

d. Due to the secret recipe used for the vendor’s peach marmalade, the vendor has fewer competitors selling a comparable peach marmalade at the farmers’ market than selling radicchio. : Since taste is not what the vendor is basing his scheme on, but selling larger numbers, this is irrelevant.

e. The profit from selling 5 bunches of radicchio for the price of 4 will be greater than the profit from selling 5 jars of peach marmalade for the price of 4.: Sales are being talked of here, not profit!
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But there is no data on shelf life period
NO DATA NO ASSUMPTION
So i eliminated option b) and went with a) as it was next closest answer one can chose
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A. Consumers enjoy radicchio as much as they enjoy peach marmalade : consumer's enjoyment is a subjective term, even if consumers enjoy it as much, it doesnt mean that the same sale would work since many other factors other than enjoyment (price per bottle for one) will determine decision to purchase or not.

b. Consumers who are willing to purchase large quantities of marmalade, which has a shelf life of one year, will be similarly willing to purchase large quantities of radicchio, which has a shelf life of 5-10 days. : Correct option- 5 for price of 4 could work for marmalade because they could store it for an year. If the shelf life of radicchio is large, consumers will not want to go in for an offer which gives them a discount if they buy a larger number. ( 5 for price of 4)

c. Radicchio is currently in season. : That has no relationship to the probability of the scheme being effective

d. Due to the secret recipe used for the vendor’s peach marmalade, the vendor has fewer competitors selling a comparable peach marmalade at the farmers’ market than selling radicchio. : Since taste is not what the vendor is basing his scheme on, but selling larger numbers, this is irrelevant.

e. The profit from selling 5 bunches of radicchio for the price of 4 will be greater than the profit from selling 5 jars of peach marmalade for the price of 4.: Sales are being talked of here, not profit!
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"No data on shelf life in the passage → so shelf life can't be an assumption"
This is backwards.

What an ASSUMPTION Actually Is
An assumption is what the argument takes for granted without stating it.
Think about it: If the passage STATED something, it wouldn't be an assumption—it would be a premise.
Assumptions live in the SILENCE of an argument.

Apply This to Your Logic
The vendor's argument:
  • "5-for-4 deal worked for marmalade"
  • "So I'll use the same deal for radicchio"

What's missing? Any acknowledgment that these products are fundamentally different.
Marmalade = lasts 365 days
Radicchio = lasts 5-10 days

The vendor never addresses this. She just assumes "what worked for one will work for the other."
By staying silent on this massive difference, she's ASSUMING it doesn't matter.

You're right that if something isn't mentioned, we can't add random facts.

But here's the distinction:
Can't assume: "The vendor is left-handed" (irrelevant + not mentioned)

Must be an assumption: When the argument compares two things but ignores a critical difference between them
The vendor is literally saying: "These two products are similar enough for the same strategy"
Without addressing that one spoils 70x faster than the other
That silence = assumption that the difference doesn't matter.

Let's destroy the vendor's plan:

Negate (B): "Consumers who buy bulk marmalade (1-year shelf life) will NOT buy bulk radicchio (5-10 day shelf life)"

What happens?
The entire plan falls apart. Nobody buys 5 bunches of something that rots in a week. The 5-for-4 deal fails completely.

This proves (B) is necessary for the plan to work.


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But there is no data on shelf life period
NO DATA NO ASSUMPTION
So i eliminated option b) and went with a) as it was next closest answer one can chose

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