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From early last year, Sandwich queen began using feelight, a 04 Jun 2010, 03:06
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. From early last year, Sandwich queen began using feelight, a new low fat oil to cook its Cold cats, instead of the less healthy corn oil that it had been using. Now Sandwich queen is planning to switch back, saying that the change has hurt sales of Cold cats. However, this claim is incorrect, since according to Sandwich queen's own sales figures, Sandwich queen sold 10 percent more Cold cats last year than in the previous year.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Sandwich queen's claim?
A. Sandwich queen enjoys higher profit margins on its Soft Drinks than it does on Cold cats.
B. Sandwich queen's customers prefer the taste of Cold cats cooked in corn oil to Cold cats cooked in low fat oil.
C. Total sales of all foods at Sandwich queen's locations increased by less than 10 percent last year.
D. The number of customers that visited Sandwich queen locations was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before.
E. The year before last, Sandwich queen experienced a 20 percent increase in Cold cats sales over the previous year.


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I have marked D as the Q is asking for the argument against the claim. Please comment



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From early last year, Sandwich queen began using feelight, a 05 Jun 2010, 19:43
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A. Sandwich queen enjoys higher profit margins on its Soft Drinks than it does on Cold cats. - irrelevant
B. Sandwich queen's customers prefer the taste of Cold cats cooked in corn oil to Cold cats cooked in low fat oil. - supports the claim made by sq
C. Total sales of all foods at Sandwich queen's locations increased by less than 10 percent last year. - also supports
D. The number of customers that visited Sandwich queen locations was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before. - correct answer. Since, this is against SQ's claim
E. The year before last, Sandwich queen experienced a 20 percent increase in Cold cats sales over the previous year. - the argument says something else
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From early last year, Sandwich queen began using feelight, a 06 Jun 2010, 09:50
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Can i have some thoughts on this one?
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IMO C. My explanation below;

The claim made by Sandwich queen is that the use of feelight (the new oil) hurt sales of its Cold Cats (a specific delicacy in the restaurant). Subsequently, the argument also states that this claim is incorrect because the restaurant sold 10% more Cold Cats last year than in the previous year (Note that this is the argument against the claim made by Sandwish queen. We have been asked to identify which one of the options supports this)

A. Sandwich queen enjoys higher profit margins on its Soft Drinks than it does on Cold cats. - Irrelevant
B. Sandwich queen's customers prefer the taste of Cold cats cooked in corn oil to Cold cats cooked in low fat oil. - Supports the claim and not the argument against the claim.
C. Total sales of all foods at Sandwich queen's locations increased by less than 10 percent last year. - Correct. (This option clearly mentions the increase in sales of all foods, Cold cats being one of them).
D. The number of customers that visited Sandwich queen locations was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before. - Irrelevant (The increase in number of customers does not tell us anything about the increase in sales of cold cats. For this to support the argument against Sandwish's claim, we will have to make an additional assumption here that the increase in the number of customers resulted in more consumption of Cold cats)
E. The year before last, Sandwich queen experienced a 20 percent increase in Cold cats sales over the previous year. Irrelevant (What happened the year before last doesn't help. We are interested only in, what happened last year in comparison with the year before last).

Please let me know if that doesn't make sense.



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