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01 May 2022, 08:36
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Since there are no increases projected for Washington County, yet investors will be increasing movie theaters. We can assume that there will be either an increase in attendance.
B doesn't mention an increase in ticket sales or in revenue.
C is out of scope
D doesn't answer the question
E gets us close but mentions steadily growing share of profits. Steady growth wouldn't provide the capacity to justify building twice as many theaters.
A justifies why the investors are building more theaters, to handle the capacity of increase attendence.
03 Dec 2022, 02:31
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KrishnakumarKA1
But the proportion will grow after the next 10 years. and the plan is to develop cinemas in 5 years. Isn't that contradictory.
Also, option says the profit from sale of snacks is growing rapidly, hence, shouldn't this Allure the builders to make more theatres?
05 Dec 2022, 07:42
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vermasudhanshu10
Hi vermasudhanshu10
Let me help.
Choice A-
You are facing this issue since you have not understood choice A correctly.
The phrase “over the next ten years” means “during the next ten years” and not “after ten years”.
With this understanding, let’s visualize choice A:
- • Choice A says that in the next ten years, the proportion of people in their teenage years will grow rapidly.
- o So, if 20% population is in teenage right now, it will gradually increase to, let’s say, 50% during the next ten years.
o By this logic, there will be a higher proportion of teenagers even 5 years down the line.
- o So, choice A is saying that in the next ten years, the proportion of the country’s population in the prime moviegoing age will increase.
o Since the total population is stable, we can say that in the next ten years, the number of people in the prime moviegoing age will increase in the country.
Hence, we can say that 5 years later, the county will have more people who are in their prime moviegoing age, and hence the cinema operators are likely to get more customers.
Therefore, provide a justification for the investors' prediction.
I hope you understand how important it is to understand the choice correctly 😊
Choice E-
Again, your understanding of choice E is not correct.
Choice E- The sale of snacks and drinks in cinemas accounts for a steadily growing share of most cinema operators' profits.
So, as per choice E, for most cinema operators,
- o If 10% of their profit came from the sales of snacks and drinks earlier,
- o This percentage has increased from 10% to 20% to 30%.
o So now, 30% of their profits come from the sales of snacks and drinks.
o This percentage is steadily growing.
- o What does that indicate?
o It indicates a possibility that fewer people are coming to watch movies and those who are coming are spending more on snacks and drinks.
o Therefore, it cannot justify the increase in the number of movie screens.
Learning- Understand every choice very carefully.
Hope that helps,
Kanupriya
