The mayor of Coast Town has determined that the best way to pay for the construction of a new library is to charge all residents and non-residents a fee for visiting Coast Town's well-regarded beach. The mayor reasons that at current levels of visitation, the revenue generated from the beach visitation fee will pay for the new library within three years.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the mayor’s conclusion?

A) The manner in which other towns in the state have funded the construction of their libraries. Incorrect

that's not a fact

B) Whether visitors to Coast Town's beach will reduce the frequency of their visits in response to the fee. Correct

if less people visit or decrease their frequency than than collections from fees will decrease and need more time than the plans

C) How many people visited Coast Town's beach last year. Incorrect

cant be a fact, plan based on previous years data

D) How many other beaches lie within convenient driving distance from Coast Town. Incorrect

irrelevant

E) The average level of household income of residents in Coast Town. Incorrect

irrelevant

The mayor of Coast Town has determined that the best way to pay for the construction of a new library is to charge all residents and non-residents a fee for visiting Coast Town's well-regarded beach. The mayor reasons that at current levels of visitation, the revenue generated from the beach visitation fee will pay for the new library within three years.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the mayor’s conclusion?

A) The manner in which other towns in the state have funded the construction of their libraries.
B) Whether visitors to Coast Town's beach will reduce the frequency of their visits in response to the fee.
C) How many people visited Coast Town's beach last year.
D) How many other beaches lie within convenient driving distance from Coast Town.
E) The average level of household income of residents in Coast Town.
Options A,C,E are out of scope.
B/w option B,D i will prefer B because if the number or frequencies of people visiting beach reduces then the plan fails. D is the second best option because if there were more beaches in near by proximity of coast town then the people will prefer going there instead of paying fees. But choosing this option includes assumption that nearby beaches do not charge fees so ultimately anyhow the best option is B.

Although I got the answer without using Test of Extreme!

Let me do it here.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the mayor’s conclusion?

A) The manner in which other towns in the state have funded the construction of their libraries.
Irrelevant even if they do something else it wont have an impact on the conclusion.
Neither strength nor weakness!

B) Whether visitors to Coast Town's beach will reduce the frequency of their visits in response to the fee.
Yes - Ok if this a case then the construction of a new library will not be completed with in 3 years.
No - Great! the construction of a new library will be completed with in 3 years.

C) How many people visited Coast Town's beach last year.
Irrelevant - As in the argument it is already mentioned
that at current levels of visitation, the revenue generated from the beach visitation fee will pay for the new library within three years.

D) How many other beaches lie within convenient driving distance from Coast Town.
So what ! Remember : Trap answers will try to get us to make additional assumptions! It is a Trap!

E) The average level of household income of residents in Coast Town.
Out of scope!