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During the height of the tax season, customers at the Fairhaven Tax Center must endure wait times of up to 4 hours as they await assistance with both federal tax system and the unique demands of the state’s intricate tax system. To reduce in-office wait times to more manageable levels, a substantial reduction in customers at that location is needed. The smaller Tax Center in the city of Brookerton, 40 miles to the east, could, if expanded, provide an alternative for the customers currently using the Fairhaven Tax Center. Nevertheless, the Tax Center CEO has rejected the proposal to expand the Brookerton branch, claiming that doing so will not substantially reduce the long wait times at the Fairhaven branch.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the CEO's position?
(A) Sending more customers to Brookerton would increase traffic along the local roads there, making the driving time longer at certain times of day.
(B) The nearby Olivera branch, also small, would be a closer option than Brookerton for at least some of customers who now use the Fairhaven branch.
(C) In surveys, Fairhaven customers have praised the complimentary coffee and pastries, the comfortable couches, and the high quality wireless internet in the waiting area there.
(D) The Fairhaven Tax Center has a large parking lot that patrons appreciate, whereas the Brookerton Tax Center would lose its small parking lot if it were expanded.
(E) Brookerton, though less than an hour from Fairhaven in light traffic, is across the state line from Fairhaven
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the CEO's position?
(A) Sending more customers to Brookerton would increase traffic along the local roads there, making the driving time longer at certain times of day.
(B) The nearby Olivera branch, also small, would be a closer option than Brookerton for at least some of customers who now use the Fairhaven branch.
(C) In surveys, Fairhaven customers have praised the complimentary coffee and pastries, the comfortable couches, and the high quality wireless internet in the waiting area there.
(D) The Fairhaven Tax Center has a large parking lot that patrons appreciate, whereas the Brookerton Tax Center would lose its small parking lot if it were expanded.
(E) Brookerton, though less than an hour from Fairhaven in light traffic, is across the state line from Fairhaven
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(A) Sending more customers to Brookerton would increase traffic along the local roads there, making the driving time longer at certain times of day.
Irrelevant.
(B) The nearby Olivera branch, also small, would be a closer option than Brookerton for at least some of customers who now use the Fairhaven branch.
Not a strong justification.
(C) In surveys, Fairhaven customers have praised the complimentary coffee and pastries, the comfortable couches, and the high quality wireless internet in the waiting area there.
This can be implemented at brookerton as well. Not a strong justification.
(D) The Fairhaven Tax Center has a large parking lot that patrons appreciate, whereas the Brookerton Tax Center would lose its small parking lot if it were expanded.
If this is the reason for the long queue at the Fairhaven then the expansion of brookerton won't help. (we call it USP)
(E) Brookerton, though less than an hour from Fairhaven in light traffic, is across the state line from Fairhaven
Irrelevant.
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(A) Sending more customers to Brookerton would increase traffic along the local roads there, making the driving time longer at certain times of day.
Doesn't have anything to do with long wait times at the center.
(B) The nearby Olivera branch, also small, would be a closer option than Brookerton for at least some of customers who now use the Fairhaven branch.
That's great. But this being true doesn't change anything and wouldn't prove that expanding the Brookerton branch wouldn't reduce wait times. You can make an argument that the Olivera branch should be expanded instead but that still doesn't address the CEO's point directly.
(C) In surveys, Fairhaven customers have praised the complimentary coffee and pastries, the comfortable couches, and the high quality wireless internet in the waiting area there.
Super weak answer. You can say that customers love the free stuff so much that they won't go over to the Brookerton branch which would reduce wait times in Fairhaven, but that's a huge stretch, especially when you can't guarantee it would be true for 100% of customers.
(D) The Fairhaven Tax Center has a large parking lot that patrons appreciate, whereas the Brookerton Tax Center would lose its small parking lot if it were expanded.
"Appreciating" doesn't really mean anything here. If Brookerton loses its small parking lot, maybe customers are less inclined to drive there but you can't really assume that at all.
Correct (E) Brookerton, though less than an hour from Fairhaven in light traffic, is across the state line from Fairhaven
The best choice by far. If Brookerton is across the state line, they might not be able to help with Fairhaven's "intricate tax system" because it's in a different state so customers from Fairhaven won't drive over for help. Even if that's not the case perhaps customers from Fairhaven might believe that to be true anyway and decide not to make the drive over and just stick with Fairhaven's center thereby not reducing wait times.
Doesn't have anything to do with long wait times at the center.
(B) The nearby Olivera branch, also small, would be a closer option than Brookerton for at least some of customers who now use the Fairhaven branch.
That's great. But this being true doesn't change anything and wouldn't prove that expanding the Brookerton branch wouldn't reduce wait times. You can make an argument that the Olivera branch should be expanded instead but that still doesn't address the CEO's point directly.
(C) In surveys, Fairhaven customers have praised the complimentary coffee and pastries, the comfortable couches, and the high quality wireless internet in the waiting area there.
Super weak answer. You can say that customers love the free stuff so much that they won't go over to the Brookerton branch which would reduce wait times in Fairhaven, but that's a huge stretch, especially when you can't guarantee it would be true for 100% of customers.
(D) The Fairhaven Tax Center has a large parking lot that patrons appreciate, whereas the Brookerton Tax Center would lose its small parking lot if it were expanded.
"Appreciating" doesn't really mean anything here. If Brookerton loses its small parking lot, maybe customers are less inclined to drive there but you can't really assume that at all.
Correct (E) Brookerton, though less than an hour from Fairhaven in light traffic, is across the state line from Fairhaven
The best choice by far. If Brookerton is across the state line, they might not be able to help with Fairhaven's "intricate tax system" because it's in a different state so customers from Fairhaven won't drive over for help. Even if that's not the case perhaps customers from Fairhaven might believe that to be true anyway and decide not to make the drive over and just stick with Fairhaven's center thereby not reducing wait times.
