Conclusion:
high-chairs will increase profits , since cust. want high-chairs to view celebs & in high-chairs they spend less time.
Option D --> Trap 1: Cust. with high-chair order cheaper food
(may or may not weaken) --> what if much higher no. of cust. are served in a day, increasing rev. & profits.
Option E --> Trap 2: Cust. without high-chair can’t view celebs
(may or may not weaken) --> what if increased demand and usage of high-chairs are significantly high enough for increased rev. & profits.
Option C --> Winner: It’s an exception that cust. with high-chair spend less time
(assured weakening scenario) -->in other words, cust. seated on high-tools will, in most cases, indeed sit for longer hours, providing no added benefit than those seated at standard-height tables, and thus not increasing the margins.
tennis1ball wrote:
At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables. However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood, and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities. Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables. Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that
(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available.
(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals.
(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer
(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables.