Many companies have been pushing for a three-week extension of dayligh

Question

Which of the following is the most logical completion of the passage below?

Many companies have been pushing for a three-week extension of daylight saving time, which would mean that the sun would continue to set an hour later during the fall months. The owners of a chain of convenience stores, for example, expect to gain $15 million a year in additional sales, mostly from people who tend to______

(A) stay away from these stores after dark
(B) stay outdoors during the fall months
(C) spend more money in the fall
(D) spend less money in the fall
(E) shop at these stores when they are pressed for time

PTD1995 · Accepted Answer

Option A

Correct  
If DST is delayed by 3 weeks, then there would be more day light. Hence, people who stay away from stores after dark will still come for another three weeks. Let's assume the store closing time is 7PM. If DST is not adjusted, then 7PM will be still bright. If DST is adjusted, then 7PM will be dark. Hence if it is delayed by 3 weeks, then the store can attract those customers who are wary of shopping in the dark

These people would remain outdoors irrespective of daytime or night-time. Irrelevant

What they spend on overall during the fall is irrelevant. What matters is whether they purchase during daytime

Same as C)

No relationship

hardik1997 · Answer

Premise: sun would set late in the fall months ---> days will be longer and the store will be operational in one extra hour of sunlight---> stores gain additional sales

Pre Thinking: How can this extra hour benefit the stores?

(A) stay away from these stores after dark
 Correct, because if people tend to stay away from the stores after dark (post sunset) then the extra daylight will benefit the stores.
 
(B) stay outdoors during the fall months
 Incorrect, Stay outdoors doesn't mean they go and buy

(C) spend more money in the fall
 Incorrect, spend money on what? maybe they spend more money on travel or other stuff and not in store.
 
(D) spend less money in the fall
 Incorrect, irrelevant and also opposite of what we are trying to imply
 
(E) shop at these stores when they are pressed for time
 Incorrect, there is no relation between they being pressed for time and longer day time. Maybe they are pressed for time even when the days are shorter.

Rohit1988 · Answer

How can it be possible that someone on earth sets DST and the sun will dance accordingly to this tune ? Delaying DST by 3 weeks will still mean sun will set at the scheduled time so how will it help these stores ? It will still be dark and people will not show up.

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Anuradhaaa · Answer

The whole point of CR questions is to strengthen/weaken. It's not real anyway. GMAT is testing your reasoning skills not general knowledge skills.

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chiplesschap · Answer

So people may or may not go to these stores with the additional daylight hours and even if they do go they may or may not purchase from these stores. Maybe these people go there to just window shop?

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felix28 · Answer

chiplesschap , I had a similar initial misunderstanding, so I hope my breakdown clarifies why (A) is correct:

The passage refers to two scenarios: Fall-Time (FT) and Not-Fall-Time (NFT). During FT, the sun sets an hour later compared to NFT, meaning daylight extends further into the evening.

To illustrate, let’s take a simple example:

In NFT, the sun sets at 5 pm. 
 In FT, due to the shift in daylight saving time, the sun sets at 6 pm (one hour later).

It’s important to note that we aren’t altering the way the sun moves relative to the earth; we’re simply adjusting the clock. This effectively "shifts" time by an hour, providing more daylight during the evening.

Implication:

During FT, people will have more daylight after their typical work hours, extending the period they can comfortably shop without it being dark.

MinhChau789 · Answer

I don't get this question. I understand that however the time is adjusted, there would be an exact amount of sun light during the day, and people will only shop during sunlight. So Option A is not relevant.  Bunuel

Brindac2 · Answer

I do not get why option A is right.

No one can adjust when sun sets. So we are just adjusting time and if we are just adjusting time then option A becomes invalid because it has nothing to do with time.

It says about darkness. So people who don't prefer to go out after dark won't necessarily see the clock and go out. They will not go out after sunset.

egmat · Answer

Your thinking:  People who avoid darkness follow the SUN, not the clock. So changing clocks won't change their behavior.

The reality:  People's SCHEDULES follow the clock. Their COMFORT follows the sun.

Example: 
 
 You leave work at 5:30pm every day (schedule = clock-based) 
 Without extended daylight saving: 5:30pm = dark → you skip the store  
 
  With extended daylight saving: 5:30pm = still light → you stop at the store

Your schedule didn't change. But now your schedule happens  during DAYLIGHT  instead of darkness.

That's why (A) works perfectly - these people would shop at their normal times IF it were light. Now it is.

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