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We dont want the airline to lose money either . I will go with D in place of B . Its tricky, will wait for OE

In 2003 an airline in United States lost more than half, on average, of the foreign passengers they had previously served each year. Researchers have alleged that this extreme drop resulted from a rise in price of tickets for international lines from $60 to $90 per 1,000 miles.

Which of the following, if feasible, offers the best prospects for alleviating the problem of the drop in passengers as the researchers assessed it?


A. Cooperating with other airlines to provide more international lines. Incorrect

B. Allowing foreign passengers to pay the same as the previous international line Correct

C. Reemphasizing the goals and mission of the airline as serving both domestic passengers and foreign passengers Incorrect

D. Increasing the financial resources of the airline by raising the ticket price for domestic passengers Incorrect

E. Offering superior VIP service for foreign passengers. Incorrect


already knows from researchers assessed that increase ticket price is the main reason for decrease passengers, so decrease ticket price can alleviate this problem

Answer should be B

The researchers attribute the drop in passengers of foreign passengers to an increased price in tickets. If researchers are correct, reducing these prices should halt the drop in passengers. B offers a plan for reducing these prices and so is the best answer. The reasoning of the stimulus can be expressed as:

A (a rise in price of ticket for foreign passengers) =>B (extreme drop of passengers ) Then ~B (drop of passengers did not continue) =>~A (price decreases for foreign passengers)

None of C, D and E offers a plan that would reduce the prices taken to be responsible for the drop in passengers. Nor does A offer such a plan: because the problem to be addressed is a drop in foreign passengers, providing more international lines, as A suggests, would offer no prospect of alleviating the problem.

Answer: B