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Pittsville, a historic town, managed to keep its expenditures low, as it was not required to maintain or improve transport routes within the town. Five years ago, a state ordinance was passed, requiring the town to refurbish and expand its transport routes, significantly increasing the town’s expenditure. Yet, the town achieved a marked increase in its savings since then.
Which of these statements, if true, best resolved the paradox seen in the above passage?
A. The ordinance mandated that at least one third of a town’s expenditure go towards maintaining transport routes, but only a small percentage of transport expenditure was mandated to go towards the routes used to reach the town’s historic locations.
B. Most of the town’s transport routes are connected to areas of high population density and the routes' upgrade required considerable expenses in order to ensure public safety.
C. After the ordinance passed, the town’s expenditures other than those associated with transport routes increased significantly.
D. After the ordinance requiring the town to refurbish and expand the transport routes within itself, the town committed to also refurbishing its outer roadways.
E. During the last five years, Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to the town’s historically famous sites.
Which of these statements, if true, best resolved the paradox seen in the above passage?
A. The ordinance mandated that at least one third of a town’s expenditure go towards maintaining transport routes, but only a small percentage of transport expenditure was mandated to go towards the routes used to reach the town’s historic locations.
B. Most of the town’s transport routes are connected to areas of high population density and the routes' upgrade required considerable expenses in order to ensure public safety.
C. After the ordinance passed, the town’s expenditures other than those associated with transport routes increased significantly.
D. After the ordinance requiring the town to refurbish and expand the transport routes within itself, the town committed to also refurbishing its outer roadways.
E. During the last five years, Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to the town’s historically famous sites.
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Pittsville, a historic town, managed to keep its expenditures low, as it was not required to maintain or improve transport routes within the town. Five years ago, a state ordinance was passed, requiring the town to refurbish and expand its transport routes, significantly increasing the town’s expenditure. Yet, the town achieved a marked increase in its savings since then.
Pre-thinking:
Before jumping straight to the options, let’s spend some time analysing the paragraph. In essence, it states that despite a significant increase in expenditure since the ordinance was passed, savings have also increased.
We know that Savings = Revenue − Expenditure. In other words, the larger the gap between revenue and expenditure, the greater the savings. Therefore, for savings to have increased alongside expenditure, revenue must have increased as well.
A. The ordinance mandated that at least one third of a town’s expenditure go towards maintaining transport routes, but only a small percentage of transport expenditure was mandated to go towards the routes used to reach the town’s historic locations. - Even after the ordinance, if a little was mandated for the maintenance of the routes, it doesn't help us understand how the savings increased markedly at the same time. If anything, it should have led to no change or decrease in savings, since there is no evidence of additional revenue being generated. Rejected.
B. Most of the town’s transport routes are connected to areas of high population density and the routes' upgrade required considerable expenses in order to ensure public safety. - This only adds to the paradox and tells us that the upgrade would come at a considerable amount of expenditure. Rejected.
C. After the ordinance passed, the town’s expenditures other than those associated with transport routes increased significantly. - Same as B. Rejected.
D. After the ordinance requiring the town to refurbish and expand the transport routes within itself, the town committed to also refurbishing its outer roadways. - Again, this only means that on top of the significant expenditure, more had to spent on refurbishing its outer roadways. Rejected.
E. During the last five years, Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to the town’s historically famous sites. - YES, it goes with our pre-thinking. If Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to its historic sites, it suggests that more tourists are visiting the town. This would likely lead to an increase in revenue through tourism-related activities. As revenue increases while expenditure has also risen, it logically explains how savings could have increased as well. CORRECT.
Pre-thinking:
Before jumping straight to the options, let’s spend some time analysing the paragraph. In essence, it states that despite a significant increase in expenditure since the ordinance was passed, savings have also increased.
We know that Savings = Revenue − Expenditure. In other words, the larger the gap between revenue and expenditure, the greater the savings. Therefore, for savings to have increased alongside expenditure, revenue must have increased as well.
A. The ordinance mandated that at least one third of a town’s expenditure go towards maintaining transport routes, but only a small percentage of transport expenditure was mandated to go towards the routes used to reach the town’s historic locations. - Even after the ordinance, if a little was mandated for the maintenance of the routes, it doesn't help us understand how the savings increased markedly at the same time. If anything, it should have led to no change or decrease in savings, since there is no evidence of additional revenue being generated. Rejected.
B. Most of the town’s transport routes are connected to areas of high population density and the routes' upgrade required considerable expenses in order to ensure public safety. - This only adds to the paradox and tells us that the upgrade would come at a considerable amount of expenditure. Rejected.
C. After the ordinance passed, the town’s expenditures other than those associated with transport routes increased significantly. - Same as B. Rejected.
D. After the ordinance requiring the town to refurbish and expand the transport routes within itself, the town committed to also refurbishing its outer roadways. - Again, this only means that on top of the significant expenditure, more had to spent on refurbishing its outer roadways. Rejected.
E. During the last five years, Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to the town’s historically famous sites. - YES, it goes with our pre-thinking. If Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to its historic sites, it suggests that more tourists are visiting the town. This would likely lead to an increase in revenue through tourism-related activities. As revenue increases while expenditure has also risen, it logically explains how savings could have increased as well. CORRECT.
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Pittsville, a historic town, Usually kept the expenditures as low as possible. Due to which, the roads within town are also not maintained or improved within the town.
5 yrs ago, an ordinance was passed , requiring town to refurbish and expand its transport route, which eventually resulted in increased expenditure for Pittsville.
Despite this expenditure, the savings have increased.
We know that, Savings = Revenue - Expenditure.
Only option to meet Savings increase is an increase in Revenue or there might be cases where some grant or external finding by government or world heritage organisations like UNESCO, might have added value to the revenue of pittsville.
A. The ordinance mandated that at least one third of a town’s expenditure go towards maintaining transport routes, but only a small percentage of transport expenditure was mandated to go towards the routes used to reach the town’s historic locations.
This option speaks about the expenditure side, mentioning the expenditure was meagre and it’s not high enough. So, we can say the savings have not dropped considerably. But, we see a saving increase, and this is not mentioned in the option. Thus, wrong.
B. Most of the town’s transport routes are connected to areas of high population density and the routes' upgrade required considerable expenses in order to ensure public safety.
This mentions the status quo, and the proportion of expenditures needed to meet safety standards for public transportation. Does this address the expenditure magnitude, or source of revenue or to be precise savings parameter? The answer still remains void and vague. Hence, Wrong.
C. After the ordinance passed, the town’s expenditures other than those associated with transport routes increased significantly.
While this option hits the increase in expenditures, doesn’t mention anything about savings increase as such. With an increased expenditure, we can be sure the savings is diminishing, until unless external revenue sources are activated to compensate the loss. Hence, wrong.
D. After the ordinance requiring the town to refurbish and expand the transport routes within itself, the town committed to also refurbishing its outer roadways.
This option speaks about the proposed plan and ways how the expenditure is being implemented. Does this address the savings increase scenario. No. Hence, Wrong.
E. During the last five years, Pittsville’s tourism industry has significantly benefitted from improved access to the town’s historically famous sites.
This option is the correct answer. As it clearly mentions that despite the expenditure, the revenue has been increasing. As more tourists thronged the Pittsville town, so that increasing the revenue. Thus, the savings post expenditure has shown a positive change.
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