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With the continuous increase that is happening in coffee beans, there will be a need to increase prices by the Coffee Shoppe. Due to this, its overall sales will decrease which will affect the profitability. The Coffee Shoppe can avoid a decrease in overall profitability only if its coffee sales do not decrease as even selling non-coffee products won't work out.
Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?
A. If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, the price it pays for coffee beans might have increased continuously.
B. If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, either it will have begun selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will have decreased.
C. The Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability will decrease if the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase.
D. The price it pays for coffee beans cannot decrease without the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability also decreasing.
E. Either the price it pays for coffee beans will continue to increase or the Coffee Shoppe's coffee sales will increase.
Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above?
A. If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, the price it pays for coffee beans might have increased continuously.
B. If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, either it will have begun selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will have decreased.
C. The Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability will decrease if the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase.
D. The price it pays for coffee beans cannot decrease without the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability also decreasing.
E. Either the price it pays for coffee beans will continue to increase or the Coffee Shoppe's coffee sales will increase.
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Option C is correct. It took me 2:20 minutes.
Stem says:
1. Coffee Beans price increase (A) -> Price increase by shoppe (B) -> Sales decrease (C) -> Decrease in Profit (D).
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We need an option that follows either one of these logical flows.
Option A: If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, the price it pays for coffee beans might have increased continuously.
As per Stem. D depends on C. To prove this option wrong. It can be that the coffee beans price did not increase, and the overall profitability got down due to some other factors, say, a new better coffee shop opened in its vicinity which ate into the profit of the shoppe.
Option B: If the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability decreases, either it will have begun selling noncoffee products or its coffee sales will have decreased.
This one is a close one. As it contains all the key players in the stem. But, again this is not what logically flows from it. Profits can be lowered due to other reasons not mentioned. Selling noncoffee products or decrease in coffee sales are not the only condition as per the stem. We don't have that information from the passage.
Option C: The Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability will decrease if the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase.
Well, this is something which flows directly from the passage. According to the passage, if the coffee beans prices increase -> coffee sales will come down. And that leads to a decrease in profitability. So, yes we can say that overall profitability will decrease if coffee prices paid by the shoppe continue to rise. This flows directly from the passage and thus stands correct.
Option D: The price it pays for coffee beans cannot decrease without the Coffee Shoppe's overall profitability also decreasing.
There is no such relationship stated in the passage to derive this information. Hence, wrong.
Option E: Either the price it pays for coffee beans will continue to increase or the Coffee Shoppe's coffee sales will increase.
Again, there is no such reciprocity relationship implied by the passage for these two factors. And thus wrong.
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