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Tooten County is populated by a significantly lower percentage of young families than the typical county in the nation. Yet, per capita retail sales of children's bicycles are above the national average.

Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the seeming paradox described above?

A. The two leading retailers of children's bicycles in Tooten County spend a remarkable 50% of their marketing budget on attracting residents of neighboring counties.

B. A local manufacturer of children's bicycles has just announced that national sales are up 20% over last year.

C. Retail outlets in Tooten County import the majority of their children's bicycles from Canada.

D. Elementary schools in Tooten County continue to promote the values of exercise to its students.

E. Residents of Tooten County rent children's bicycles as about the same rate as residents of other counties in the nation.

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Matthyrou · Answer

Hey, aim: solve the paradox
paradox: Less young families (so might have less children) in tooten than the other county but more bike's sales for tooten compare to other
a)attract people but don't know if their attracting children, does not solve
b)more bikes sold than last year, it's a fact wich is not solving the paradox 
c)we do know where bikes are coming from but why mores children nikes in tooten than in general, doesn't solve the paradox
d)tooten encourage to do sport, so may be less children but more sporty ones, so may be more children doing bike (case it's sport), it doesn't have to be accurate but it does give a reason to solve the paradox
e)renting is the same average than others, it does not say more, doesn't solve the paradox
I hope it helps, wishing a wonderfull gmat study day to everybody

dkpkoti · Answer

Paradox -  Lower percentage of young families YET per capita retail sales of children's bicycles are above the national average.
 A) ✅ as this explain that high marketing may attract more customers from neighbouring countries hence increase the sale of the bicycles.
B) repeat the information given about high sale. but dont explain why.
C) Not relevant to the argument.
D) while promoting exercise may result in more children cycling. but there can be other ways of doing exercise. so it directly does not explain the high sale and the demography of the region.
E) renting is same. It does nt explain the high sales.

Abdelaali91 · Answer

A. The two leading retailers of children's bicycles in Tooten County spend a remarkable 50% of their marketing budget on attracting residents of neighboring counties.
This suggests children bicycle buyers are attracted from close counties to come and buy bicycles from the leading companies in Tooten county. Helps resolve the paradox

B. A local manufacturer of children's bicycles has just announced that national sales are up 20% over last year.
We already know bicycle sales in Tooten county are above the national average.

C. Retail outlets in Tooten County import the majority of their children's bicycles from Canada.
Knowing the source of bicycle manufacture does not help reconcile the paradox.

D. Elementary schools in Tooten County continue to promote the values of exercise to its students.
For all we know all scholls nationwide do the same.

E. Residents of Tooten County rent children's bicycles as about the same rate as residents of other counties in the nation.
The rent rate of bicycles is not relevant.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

The phrase "reconciles the seeming paradox" identifies this as an Explain question, which requires finding the one answer that explains the central mystery of the stimulus.

The mystery is: Why is a community with fewer young families selling more children's bicycles than the national average?

The discrepancy can be explained by any reason why bike sales may be higher in the county than in other places. Perhaps there's a lot of grandparents purchasing the bicycles as gifts? Or the prices in the county are much lower? Keep the general prediction firmly in mind, but be flexible applying it to the specific situation the correct choice may describe.

(A) is correct.  By attracting customers from other counties, the bike store can have above-average sales of children's bikes despite the lack of local children.

(B) might explain increased sales, but it does not address why this store is doing above average in an area with fewer children.

(C) is irrelevant. The mystery is about who the bikes are being sold to, not where they bikes are imported from.

(D) might seem tempting as it might help explain why the children of Tooten County would be encouraged to ride bicycles, but it does not offer any evidence that this would account for the greater sales of bicycles.

(E) refers to rentals, so it is of no relevance to the question.

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