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Question

Two well-known neighborhood restaurants, Cancan Club and Chez Shay, provide valet parking exclusively for their patrons. At Cancan Club, the service is complimentary and abundant public parking is available close by. Chez Shay’s valet service, by contrast, is optional but costs $10 per vehicle, and virtually no other parking can be found within a three-block radius. The two restaurants are similar in size and attract comparable numbers of diners, and each reserves its valet lot solely for guests. Nevertheless, the valet area at Chez Shay consistently handles more cars than the one at Cancan Club.
 
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the information above?

A. Patrons of Chez Shay are, on average, wealthier than patrons of Cancan Club.
B. Many diners who use valet parking at Chez Shay also valet their cars when they eat at Cancan Club.
C. Diners at Chez Shay are willing to pay the valet fee rather than search for scarce street parking nearby.
D. Customers choose Chez Shay primarily because they prefer its food to that of Cancan Club.
E. Even if additional free parking became available near Chez Shay, its diners would still choose the valet option.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Solution:

Two well-known neighborhood restaurants, Cancan Club and Chez Shay, provide valet parking exclusively for their patrons. At Cancan Club, the service is complimentary and abundant public parking is available close by. Chez Shay’s valet service, by contrast, is optional but costs $10 per vehicle, and virtually no other parking can be found within a three-block radius. The two restaurants are similar in size and attract comparable numbers of diners, and each reserves its valet lot solely for guests. Nevertheless, the valet area at Chez Shay consistently handles more cars than the one at Cancan Club.
 
Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the information above?

A. Patrons of Chez Shay are, on average, wealthier than patrons of Cancan Club.
B. Many diners who use valet parking at Chez Shay also valet their cars when they eat at Cancan Club.
C. Diners at Chez Shay are willing to pay the valet fee rather than search for scarce street parking nearby.
D. Customers choose Chez Shay primarily because they prefer its food to that of Cancan Club.
E. Even if additional free parking became available near Chez Shay, its diners would still choose the valet option.

Inference required: Chez Shay’s valet lot is busier even though it charges $10 and has no nearby public parking. The safest conclusion is that diners there willingly pay the fee rather than hunt for scarce spaces.
 
A. Patrons of Chez Shay are, on average, wealthier than patrons of Cancan Club.   &mdash; The information says nothing about diners&rsquo; incomes; higher valet usage alone does not prove greater wealth.
 
B. Many diners who use valet parking at Chez Shay also valet their cars when they eat at Cancan Club.   &mdash; No data indicate overlap between the two restaurants&rsquo; customer bases or parking habits.
 
C. Diners at Chez Shay are willing to pay the valet fee rather than search for scarce street parking nearby.   &mdash; With virtually no other parking within three blocks, the busy paid valet lot shows diners accept the fee instead of looking for nonexistent alternatives.
 
D. Customers choose Chez Shay primarily because they prefer its food to that of Cancan Club.   &mdash; The passage does not compare food quality or diners&rsquo; reasons for choosing one restaurant over the other.
 
E. Even if additional free parking became available near Chez Shay, its diners would still choose the valet option.   &mdash; This projects future behavior not supported by the given facts; the current situation involves a lack of free parking.
 
Key takeaway: Choice C stays within the presented facts, linking the scarcity of nearby parking to diners&rsquo; willingness to pay the valet fee.

Answer: C

arunmandapaka · Answer

I think this is a  high-quality  question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. Customers prefer Valet parking than self parking because it is 3 block away in case of Chez Shay.. but its quite closer in case of Cancan Club.
Hence I concluded that customer of Chez Shay preferred Valet Parking over Self Parking.. and hence Chez Shay valet parking is busy.
Could you please clarify..where did I go wrong.
Thanks

vipinmenon93 · Answer

Since the valet parking is optional. can't it mean that the customers can choose self parking and hence avoid the extra cost. And thus preferring one restaurant over other. So the high valet parking cost wont affect them anyway and hence the question of not being deterred never arises

sayantanc2k · Answer

The last line of the passage states that "the Chez Shay valet lot is the busier of the two", implyng that the Chez Shay valet parking is used, despite the parking charge.

supra2411 · Answer

Don't understand why E is not correct, knowing that Cancan has both valet and self and Chez only has valet as self is far, customer prefers valet parking than self and go to Chez.

AcetheGMAT2019 · Answer

Chez's parking lot will obviously be busier of the two as parking is not available around Chez. This fact does not talk about the preference of the customers. The customers may still prefer self-parking over valet parking but would have to opt for valet parking because of the lack of available parking spaces. The fact that customers still visit Chez implies that they are not deterred by the cost of valet parking. Thus option C is the correct answer and option E is eliminated.

RenanBragion · Answer

I think this is a  high-quality  question.

ArunBishnoi · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate. C and D are almost same. D covers the explanation of C also. People prefer Chez Shay over The Cancan Club that is why they are not deterred from dining at chez shay even after it is costing them $10 extra. D covers one extra point also that in Cancan club they can self park also and that too near the club but in case of Chez Shay they can't park on their own and near to the club still they go to the Chez Shay so it clearly shows that they prefer Chez Shay over The Cancan Club

bb · Answer

This question and explanation have been improved. Answer choices have been kept the same and the overall setup the same as well but a few clarifications added to strengthen the argument. Hope you guys like it. Please comment if you have any questions or suggestions.

MickyCR7 · Answer

I like the solution - it’s helpful.

gullyboy09 · Answer

Hi  bb ,  Bunuel , given we have asked for inference which are must be true, I had some confusion regarding C. My issue is that let's suppose for Cancan only 2% guests use valet service whereas in Chez the number is 3%. Now in Chez, its 97% who doesn't prefer to pay for valet, so one can also argue that guests are willing to search more rather than pay for valet. So C can be could be true but must be true I am not sure (and Chez is not compared to Cancan in option C, its compared two groups in itself). Secondly, the word "willing" also creates a bit of doubt as they might be paying because they don't have any choice and to say they are "willing" to pay is debatable.

Two well-known neighborhood restaurants, Cancan Club and Chez Shay, provide valet parking exclusively for their patrons. At Cancan Club, the service is complimentary and abundant public parking is available close by. Chez Shay’s valet service, by contrast, is optional but costs $10 per vehicle, and virtually no other parking can be found within a three-block radius. The two restaurants are similar in size and attract comparable numbers of diners, and each reserves its valet lot solely for guests. Nevertheless, the valet area at Chez Shay consistently handles more cars than the one at Cancan Club.

Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the information above?

Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the information above?

C. Diners at Chez Shay are willing to pay the valet fee rather than search for scarce street parking nearby

sway1234 · Answer

Yes it is

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