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Re: In Tehama County, patronage of children's clothing shops [#permalink]
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In Tehama County, patronage of children's clothing shops is just high enough for the shop owners to make modest profits. The size of the county's population is stable and is not expected to increase much. Yet there are investors ready to triple the number of children's clothing shops in the county within the next decade, and they are predicting solid profits both for themselves and for the owners of established children's clothing shops.

Which of the following, if true about Tehama County, most helps to provide a justification for the investors' prediction?

A. Over the next twenty years, young parents, the prime consumers of children's clothing, will be a rapidly growing proportion of the county's population.
B. As distinct from the existing children's clothing shops, most of the shops being planned would be located in suburban areas, in hopes of stimulating economic growth in
those areas.
C. Spending on adult clothing has been decreasing slightly each year for the past five years.
D. The average number of square feet per children's clothing shop is lower among existing shops than it is among shops that are still in the planning stages.
E. The sale of accessories for children, such as car seats and toys, accounts for a steadily growing share of most children's clothing shop owners' profits.


I have a Query, I agree that A is the best option;

but any chance that this question is written with little bit gap in it (or written poorly).

    investors ready to triple the number of children's clothing shops in the county within the next decade....

    A. Over the next twenty years, young parents, the prime consumers of children's clothing,

next decade , vs next twenty years bothers me a bit , there is a 10 year gap :?:

test maker can easily throw in another option which fills this gap and then A would become bad option, say for example.

F. Over the next ten years, highway connecting city Tehama County with Cotton county will be complete and Cotton county don't have enough shopping malls offering kids cloths and there is no plan for new kids cloths shops in next 10-12 years.
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naren485 wrote:
In Tehama County, patronage of children's clothing shops is just high enough for the shop owners to make modest profits. The size of the county's population is stable and is not expected to increase much. Yet there are investors ready to triple the number of children's clothing shops in the county within the next decade, and they are predicting solid profits both for themselves and for the owners of established children's clothing shops.

Which of the following, if true about Tehama County, most helps to provide a justification for the investors' prediction?

A. Over the next twenty years, young parents, the prime consumers of children's clothing, will be a rapidly growing proportion of the county's population.
B. As distinct from the existing children's clothing shops, most of the shops being planned would be located in suburban areas, in hopes of stimulating economic growth in
those areas.
C. Spending on adult clothing has been decreasing slightly each year for the past five years.
D. The average number of square feet per children's clothing shop is lower among existing shops than it is among shops that are still in the planning stages.
E. The sale of accessories for children, such as car seats and toys, accounts for a steadily growing share of most children's clothing shop owners' profits.


I have a Query, I agree that A is the best option;

but any chance that this question is written with little bit gap in it (or written poorly).

    investors ready to triple the number of children's clothing shops in the county within the next decade....

    A. Over the next twenty years, young parents, the prime consumers of children's clothing,

next decade , vs next twenty years bothers me a bit , there is a 10 year gap :?:

test maker can easily throw in another option which fills this gap and then A would become bad option, say for example.

F. Over the next ten years, highway connecting city Tehama County with Cotton county will be complete and Cotton county don't have enough shopping malls offering kids cloths and there is no plan for new kids cloths shops in next 10-12 years.


"OVER the next twenty years, proportion of young parents will be rapidly growing ... "

implies that the rapid growth will happen throughout the 20 year phase. It does not imply that AFTER 20 yrs, the proportion of young parents will become high.
Say if in the past 20 yrs, the families have had many more kids than before, then you can expect that there are many more late teens, early teens and kids. Over the next 20 years, they will become young parents - late teens probably in the next 5 years, early teens in 10-12 years and kids in 18-20 years.
Argument gives you the investor's target of the next decade. They would expect ongoing profit for years and option (A) tells you why.
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Re: In Tehama County, patronage of children's clothing shops [#permalink]
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"OVER the next twenty years, proportion of young parents will be rapidly growing ... "

implies that the rapid growth will happen throughout the 20 year phase. It does not imply that AFTER 20 yrs, the proportion of young parents will become high.
Say if in the past 20 yrs, the families have had many more kids than before, then you can expect that there are many more late teens, early teens and kids. Over the next 20 years, they will become young parents - late teens probably in the next 5 years, early teens in 10-12 years and kids in 18-20 years.
Argument gives you the investor's target of the next decade. They would expect ongoing profit for years and option (A) tells you why.


Yes, Now it makes more sense, Thanks for Explaining this Karishma :thumbup:
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Can someone explain why it's not E?
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