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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
hmm....

D??????? giving 10 cents for each minuet ($6 per hour)?

these questions seem the toughest ones....
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
Another one for (D).
only one that looks promising..
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
Will go with D.
The choice is between D and E. But E gives a solution depending on a favorable condition ( this store is better than other stores)

D does give a innovative solution
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
D for me as well.
Real close call between D and E.
D gives a new solution that would please the customers whereas E would not necessarily make the customer happy.
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
I Go with E.

D gives an innovative approach but the customers may take undue advantage of system.

E gives other way of looking at the problem.

If you have two lines one is short and other is long. How will you make the shorter one longer than the other.
extend the shorter one or rub the longer one to a length less than the shorter one.
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
I think it is E..
OA please
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
The answer here is D.
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
The correct answer is D.
a. Active time does not necessarily mean watching TV.
b. The question is about pleasing our customers during the hours that are convenient to them, not to us. Increasing prices might lead to the loss of customers.
c. Lower prices could mean even longer lines. On the other hand, will the amount of money saved compensate for time wasted in lines?
d. This is an innovative solution. On one hand, it will provide our customers with some benefits for their loss. On the other hand, though, this system can potentially lead to faster processing on the cashier desks as the store will lose money each minute.
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Re: GMAT Club Series #5 : Customers [#permalink]
well, i don't agree with D. Just because the store is shelling out money to the customers, the cashiers won't speed things up. if they do without any other changes, that means they are not working efficiently and there is a chance of improvement at the checkout counters without giving away free money to the customers.

I wish Walmart employs such system ;)
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(D) just seems completely impractical. Such a system would be expensive to employ and nerve racking to maintain. But, I guess it`s the lesser of the evils.



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