A local burger joint BBX recently announced that it will no longer

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A local burger joint BBX recently announced that it will no longer serve French Fries with its burgers. French Fries will be available seperately for 75 cents. Since BBX French Fries are quite popular, it only means that BBX will now earn higher sales.

The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?

A. Most people do not enjoy burger without French Fries
B. French Fries are not available anywhere else in the town
C. The new strategy will not negatively affect the loyalty of any BBX visitor.
D. Although BBX French Fries are very popular, most people do not want to pay separately for them.
E. A significant proportion of BBX visitors will continue to consume French Fries with the burgers.

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vaibhav1221 · Answer

A. Most people do not enjoy burger without French Fries -  Does most people include BBX's customers? Maybe. Maybe not. 
B. French Fries are not available anywhere else in the town -  Doesn't imply anything about the consumption of French Fries. 
C. The new strategy will not negatively affect the loyalty of any BBX visitor. -  Does not provide info about the 'Increased Sales' from French Fries. 
D. Although BBX French Fries are very popular, most people do not want to pay separately for them. -  Weakener.  NOT an Assumption   
E. A significant proportion of BBX visitors will continue to consume French Fries with the burgers. -   Now here we are considering ONLY BBX's customers. 'A significant Proportion of BBX visitors'. Majority of the people will continue to consume French Fries with burgers, driving up the sales.  
 If we negate Option E - A significant proportion of BBX visitors will no longer continue to consume French Fries with the burgers - then the conclusion doesn't hold

Akash720 · Answer

Prethinking:
BBX will earn higher sales only when its customers would continue having french fries.

A. Most people do not enjoy burger without French Fries
 -Incorrect. This is a good trap. Give it a think, if most people don't enjoy burger without french fries, what if they stop eating burger too? So this is not the right assumption. 
B. French Fries are not available anywhere else in the town
 -Incorrect. French fries availability in other places is out of scope 
C. The new strategy will not negatively affect the loyalty of any BBX visitor.
 -Incorrect. Loyalty of visitors is out of scope 
D. Although BBX French Fries are very popular, most people do not want to pay separately for them.
 -Incorrect. This is a weakener  
E. A significant proportion of BBX visitors will continue to consume French Fries with the burgers.
 - Correct. Negate the above statement, if visitors won't continue to consume french fries with burger then BBX won't earn higher sales

jackspire · Answer

Why option C can't be the answer?
With decreased loyalty, less people will come and sales volume will be lower.

Akash720 · Answer

We don't know the number of loyal customers or whether the loyal customers are significant in number. Hence we can't determine it's effect

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jackspire · Answer

Thanks  Akash720  for your reply.

Iamnowjust · Answer

The very weak question...

Conclusion: Will lead to higher sales. Even +$1 or 1 person will be a higher sales. The only fact that can weaken is that sales of burgers will fail lower than sales of French fries will increase. So we need an assumption that would strengthen the conclusion.

E cannot be the answer. C is not ideal but has more sense.

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harsh8686 · Answer

This post is for non-native English speakers. I often used to be confused with a double negative, but these sentences are easy to disintegrate. However, the double negative in above sentence is pretty straightforward, but I hope my post be helpful to few. If there is a VERB between two NEGATIVE words, then more than often the SECOND NEGATIVE play a role of exaggerating the FIRST NEGATIVE.

So, in the above sentence simply states that  , most people do not enjoy the burger, and that makes this option choice a weakener.

Maxximus · Answer

An assumption is something which "must be true" for the argument to hold.

E is the correct answer choice because a "significant proportion" of the consumers must continue to consume the said meal for the strategy to work.

C is too strong to be an assumption in "will not negatively affect the loyalty of  any  BBX visitor". Even if some customers give up their loyalty, the strategy may be successful. Plus, imagine, it is unlikely that no one's loyalty will be affected.

A humble note- when you disagree with an explanation, try to ask yourself "what am I missing" rather than being quick to declare a question as weak or an official answer incorrect; that is the correct approach to learn. Rest, we are sure you are wise.

Here is a brief video explanation for the students:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNh6GiHA558

All the best!
Experts'Global team

randommbaguy · Answer

If the decision to not provide fries anymore results in affecting customers' loyalty wouldn't that mean sales would be even lower than before. They wouldn't even be buying burgers. While I agree that unless people choose to buy fries sales cannot increase, it cannot be at the cost of existing sales right?

Sanoshmishra · Answer

It is a pretty weak question. Lets say a signifiant portion of people do not continue to consumer french fries. Even then the sales could go up. Eariler they were being sold for free. Now they are being sold for 75 cents..all things equal if even one person buys them the sales will be higher..this assumption does not have to be true..

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