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Pretzel Vendor: The new license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside the art museum is prohibitively expensive. Charging typical prices, I would need to sell an average of 25 pretzels per hour to break even. At my stand outside City Hall, with about as many passers-by as at the art museum, I average only 15 per hour. So I could not break even running a stand outside the art museum, much less turn a profit.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
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Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
CR67830.02
28 Apr 2020, 10:15
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Pretzel Vendor: The new license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside the art museum is prohibitively expensive. Charging typical prices, I would need to sell an average of 25 pretzels per hour to break even. At my stand outside City Hall, with about as many passers-by as at the art museum, I average only 15 per hour. So I could not break even running a stand outside the art museum, much less turn a profit.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
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Since the Pretzel vendor is skeptical about his/her pretzel stand outside museum breaking even, we are looking for an option that supports the pretzel stand outside museum.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
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A - Irrelevant. Nothing explained.
C - Again irrelevant.
D - But how many would buy. Knowing exactly that would only help. It a open ended choice.
E - Strengthens Vendor's argument. Exactly opposite.
B - Weakens Vendor's argument somewhat. Its relatively better options among all others. Since people in normal scenario would buy less than 15 pretzel/hr as is the case with city hall stand, this choice breaks that notion and says that people are more likely to buy at museum stand even if break even point is 25 pretzel/hr.
IMO Answer B.
02 May 2020, 23:43
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Pretzel Vendor: The new license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside the art museum is prohibitively expensive. Charging typical prices, I would need to sell an average of 25 pretzels per hour to break even. At my stand outside City Hall, with about as many passers-by as at the art museum, I average only 15 per hour. So I could not break even running a stand outside the art museum, much less turn a profit.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
CR67830.02
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the pretzel vendor's argument?
A. The pretzel vendor does not sell anything other than pretzels.
B. People who visit the art museum are more likely to buy pretzels than are people who go to City Hall.
C. The license fee for operating a pretzel stand outside City Hall will not increase.
D. People who buy pretzels at pretzel stands are more likely to do so during the lunch hour than at other times.
E. The city will grant more licenses for pretzel stands outside the art museum than the number it grants for stands outside City Hall.
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TARGET:WEAKEN-Vendor's argument that he won't break even as he had a similar crowd(number) in another place.
A) Even if he sells anything does the sold one gets him to break even ? Don't know
B) If museum visitors buy more than do hall visitors >>>> this directly weakens Vendor's arguement
C) The fee of the hall isn't at issue here. irrelevant
D) Time of buying is also irrelevant.
E)Does this even effect our target ? NO
Hence OA: B
