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Tourists have long complained that hotel accommodations in 27 Dec 2020, 01:48
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Tourists have long complained that hotel accommodations in Midville are too expensive.
Starting last year, the city council, hoping to attract more tourists, lowered the hotel tax rate to 5 percent of room charges. By the end of last year, Midville had taken in no less money from hotel taxes than it did the year before, so an examination of the hotel records will show that more tourists stayed in city hotels last year than the year before.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

A. The tourists who stayed in Midville hotels last year were aware that the hotel tax rate had been lowered.

B. The average price of hotel accommodations in Midville was not significantly higher than in hotels in other cities either last year or the year before.

C. The average length of a tourist's stay in Midville hotels was not longer last year than it had been the year before.

D. There were significantly more efforts to publicize Midville as a tourist destination last year than there had been the year before.

E. On average, tourists in Midville did not spend significantly more on meals last year than they did on hotels accommodations.

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C. In Midville, the price of a hotel room before taxes was not significantly higher last year than it had been the year before.

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Tourists have long complained that hotel accommodations in 28 Dec 2020, 01:58
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You may please check, the same question asked in the GMAT prep has the below answer:

C. In Midville, the price of a hotel room before taxes was not significantly higher last year than it had been the year before.

This option is not displayed in the question. Kindly edit the question if possible.

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Thank you very much callmeDP !!! I think this is just another version of the same question, so I'm reposted it here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/tourists-hav ... 43539.html
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I got thrown off by the question saying "more tourists stayed in city hotels". I thought this meant that they were staying in a different city, or Midville was a town outside of the city. I guess it would have been clearer if the phrase had said "more tourists stayed in *the* city's hotels", or am I off base here?
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KarishmaB Ma'am,
If we negate option B, we get Average price of hotels in Midvillee was significantly higher than other hotels. Doesn't this weaken the conclusion then that there might not be an increase in the number of tourists.
What do you think?
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KarishmaB Ma'am,
If we negate option B, we get Average price of hotels in Midvillee was significantly higher than other hotels. Doesn't this weaken the conclusion then that there might not be an increase in the number of tourists.
What do you think?
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I have difficulty in assessment of the Option C & E, as both can potentially increase the amount of tax collected without increasing the number of the customer or the Average stay per person. As a normal case if tax is levied on the room charges, one can assume that the tax is also levied on the food bills. The amount of hotel stays remaining constant, if the substantial amount is spent on the food. We can say that the reduced tax collection from the Room charges were compensated by the Tax collection from the food bills.

Is there any flaw in my reasoning, or am i assuming too much to validate my reasoning? If so, how i can prefer the option C over option E.

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I have difficulty in assessment of the Option C & E, as both can potentially increase the amount of tax collected without increasing the number of the customer or the Average stay per person. As a normal case if tax is levied on the room charges, one can assume that the tax is also levied on the food bills. The amount of hotel stays remaining constant, if the substantial amount is spent on the food. We can say that the reduced tax collection from the Room charges were compensated by the Tax collection from the food bills.

Is there any flaw in my reasoning, or am i assuming too much to validate my reasoning? If so, how i can prefer the option C over option E.

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I like the way you thought about it but here is the thing-
We are given that the hotel tax rate is 5% of room charges. Nothing is mentioned about hotel tax rate being levied on food in the hotel too. We are also assuming that people who stay in the hotel eat at the hotel which may not be the case. The argument only discusses the accommodation aspect and option (C) takes care of it very well.

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