| Critical Reasoning Butler: September 2025 |
| October 6 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Mr. Ice sells ice cream for $1 each. Mr. Freeze sells a different ice cream for $3 each. On one Sunday, at the end of the day’s business, Mr Ice had sold three times as many ice creams as Mr Freeze. Interestingly, they had both also made the same amount of profit for that day.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above statements?
(A) The total cost incurred by Mr Freeze for that day was three times that incurred by Mr Ice.
(B) Mr Ice’s ice cream is more popular than Mr. Freeze’s ice cream.
(C) The total cost incurred by Mr Ice for that day was three times that incurred by Mr. Freeze.
(D) Mr Freeze’s ice cream sells in smaller numbers because of its higher selling price.
(E) Both Mr Ice and Mr Freeze incurred the same costs for that day
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CR 2 It seems that employees at middle management positions who wish to get promoted to senior management positions in their companies should start purchasing clothes from leading fashion designers. In a recent survey of 1000 employees working at different senior management positions, as many as 80% stated that they only bought clothes from leading fashion designers.
Which of the following most weakens the argument?
(A) The senior managers mentioned in the survey only started purchasing clothes from leading fashion designers after they became senior managers.
(B) The clothes manufactured by leading fashion designers are usually very expensive and outside the reach of most middle level managers.
(C) Most employees at senior management positions are no smarter than those at middle management positions.
(D) Some employees do not manage to reach senior management positions, even though they wear clothes manufactured by leading fashion designers.
(E) Wearing clothes manufactured by leading fashion designers can in some way improve the prospects of an employee getting promoted to senior management positions.