goforgmat wrote:
kimbercs wrote:
Last week, tickets to Adventure Theme Park were sold at half the usual price as part of a promotional special. This week, despite tickets returning to normal prices, Adventure Theme Park has reported more visitors than in the previous week.
Each of the following, if true, would help resolve the apparent paradox EXCEPT:
(A) Last week coincided with two religious holidays.
(B) New billboards advertising the newest rides at Adventure Theme Park were put up this week.
(C) A rival theme park in the next town increased their prices this week.
(D) A scientific study this week came out showing that certain amusement park rides can help increase metabolism and circulation.
(E) Paychecks for the two largest employers in town are issued on the first day of the month, which was Monday this week.
I think the answer should be A. It doesn't explain why this week witnessed more visitors.
Although C doesn't strongly resolve the conflict, given the options A would be a better fit i feel!
Whats the source of this question.
Hi
Just sharing my 2 cents here.
Option A seems a very juicy choice at the first look. However, the word "Religious" Holidays seems to be the key here.
Even when tickets are offered at half the price, during religious holidays, people would prefer spending their day praying/visiting religious places instead of visiting theme parks. And as there were not just One but Two religious holidays, the total # of days available to people to visit the park would be just 5 days.
Option C, however, talks about a rival theme park in the 'next town'. This seems irrelevant and hence doesn't effectively resolve the paradox of the higher number of visitors at the Adventure Theme park despite the ticket cost returning to normal.
Please share if there could be any other reasoning.