A private bus company wanted to increase profits. For twenty years it

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A private bus company wanted to increase profits. For twenty years it worked to make its buses more economical and faster by reducing the number of bus stops. Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt. Assumptions and realities were vastly different. The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops.

Which of the actions below would most likely lead to a solution to the problem faced by the bus company, as it is analyzed above?

A. Providing buses with engines that run on a cheaper type of fuel than that traditionally used.
 
B. Providing double-decker buses that will stop at as many more bus stops as possible.
 
C. Providing buses that have more seating room than any other existing bus.
 
D. Implementing a system to ensure that buses are loaded to capacity.
 
E. Implementing a market plan that focuses on routes that are known to be less used by other bus companies.

Archit3110 · Answer

given reason for failure of plan ; The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops.

so as to succeed ;most likely lead to a solution to the problem faced by the bus company

IMO B ; Providing double-decker buses that will stop at as many more bus stops as possible.

Pankaj1Agarwal · Answer

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Why B over D?

sunny91 · Answer

SajjadAhmad , can you kindly post the explanation. I chose B, but cant understand how to ignore option D.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

I don't have access to OE but here i can try it. It might help you.

Explanation

A private bus company  wanted to increase profits.  For twenty years it worked to make its buses  more economical  and faster by  reducing the number of bus stops.  Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt. Assumptions and realities were vastly different. The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the   number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops.

A.  It is not a problem at hand so it is out

B.  Providing double-decker buses that will stop at   as many more bus stops as possible.

C.  The real issue is bus stops

D.  It is possible that buses are already fully loaded but the number of bus stop is the main issue, if they increase number of stops the passengers will also increase as mentioned in the stimulus

E.  Not related with the real problem.

PS:  It is not a supreme quality question in my point of view.

Kritisood · Answer

A private bus company wanted to increase profits. For twenty years it worked to make its buses   more economical and faster by reducing the number of bus stops .  Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt. Assumptions and realities were vastly different. The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops.

Which of the actions below would most likely lead to a solution to the problem faced by the bus company, as it is analyzed above?

A. Providing buses with engines that run on a cheaper type of fuel than that traditionally used.

B. Providing double-decker buses that will stop at as many more bus stops as possible.   This is the only answer choice that talks about increasing the number of bus stops but at the same doing so in an economical way. Double-decker buses would support double the passengers at the same cost.

Take for eg there are 10 people for stop A and in bus X there are only 5 seats remaining. Two buses will have to run (bus X and bus Y) and stop at the same stop for those 10 passengers. Now assume the double-decker bus is in function - all the ten passengers can now fit into one bus and thereby reducing the stop in Bus Y.

C. Providing buses that have more seating room than any other existing bus.

D. Implementing a system to ensure that buses are loaded to capacity.    This answer choice in no way addresses the problem of bus stops.

E. Implementing a market plan that focuses on routes that are known to be less used by other bus companies.

PhantomAY · Answer

Premise: private bus company wanted to increase profits
Premise: reducing bus stops used to work
Premise: economy grew worse, industry almost went bankrupts, reality different
Premise: the real problem is more about the limited number of bus stops, but not speed

Question: the most likely solution (conclusion)? - must be true based on given premises

the argument says very explicitly that the real problem is the limited number of bus stops. So B is the correct answer. 
A) cost is not an important factor as mentioned by argument
C) seating room is not mentioned
D) this is tempting one and very likely the result for improving "limited number of bus stops", but not mentioned by argument
E) not mentioned

TumharaFaizal · Answer

The question has words- industry, economy, company and its not clear whether that private company is in trouble or not.

//  Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt  //

How can we assume that the private company has also lost its customers as the rest of industry ?

I see this question as flawed.

Rickooreo · Answer

For twenty years it worked to make its buses more "economical" and "faster" by reducing the number of bus stop
Impact - Fewer people using bus service
Objective - Help increase the number of people using bus service by being economical and being faster

Option B - "stop at AS MANY more bus stops AS POSSIBLE" - but what if no customer uses that stop, then why to add it. 
 
Option D - Ensure that bus are loaded to capacity - This will ensure that bus is economical and faster as it will be avoiding "as many possible bus stops"

Bish0p · Answer

A private bus company wanted to increase profits. - Opinion - Information/Intro/Goal
For twenty years it worked to make its buses more economical and faster by reducing the number of bus stops. - Fact
Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt. - Fact
Assumptions and realities were vastly different. - Opinion - Intermediate conclusion
The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops. - Opinion - Main conclusion

Which of the actions below would most likely lead to a solution to the problem faced by the bus company, as it is analyzed above?

Scope: Answer choice which will take into consideration the increase in bus stop, so that more people can use our service.

A. Providing buses with engines that run on a cheaper type of fuel than that traditionally used. - doesn't help our cause - Eliminate

B. Providing double-decker buses that will stop at as many more bus stops as possible. - does help 
C. Providing buses that have more seating room than any other existing bus. - doesn't help our cause as seating is not the issue - Eliminate

D. Implementing a system to ensure that buses are loaded to capacity. - doesn't help our cause as capacity is not the issue - Eliminate

E. Implementing a market plan that focuses on routes that are known to be less used by other bus companies. - doesn't help our cause as route optimization is not the issue - Eliminate

harishramesh · Answer

D doesn't increase the number of travellers, But does fill the bus. So many people could travel shorter distances and they are not using the bus , and they won't even if the bus is filled to capacity. this is my thought process for ignoring D.

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