Namangupta1997 wrote:
Vishalcv wrote:
I honestly don't see how option E is the "underlying" goal. Option E is obvious. The paragraph clearly mentions that it tries to manage restaurant levels etc. How is that "underlying"? Underlying should be something that isn't obvious
Hi
AndrewN I agree with this sentiment. Only because of the word "underlying" I chose option A over E. Is there no significance of the word "underlying"? Option E is an obvious contender but I picked A because the question seemed to be asking something that's hidden and not directly stated.
What are we missing ?
Mavisdu1017 wrote:
Hello expert,
I was torn between A and E cuz they are really the same meaning to me. As the expert above said “The goal is to keep the RIGHT NUMBER of people at the restaurants and other rides at certain times”, and A “keep the line short” means keep the right number of people. So why A is wrong? Thanks in advance.
Hello,
Namangupta1997 and
Mavisdu1017. Answer choices (A) and (E) are not by any means
the same, and there is an
underlying economic factor at work with the two descriptions of
performances in the passage. Think of the two types of live performances and their goals, one by one, with an eye on
exactly what the passage tells us.
Lunchtime performances = relieve the pressure on restaurants
Evening performances = encourage visitors to stay for supper
Both performances center on crowd movement and
food, not on
various rides, as answer choice (A) says. To my eye, answer choice (C) is just as viable as (A), since both require a leap in logic to justify. Note that in the description of
evening performances, there is no explicit mention of
restaurants, but we can reasonably carry over this keyword from the earlier description. (I suppose crowds could fill up on amusement park food—e.g., funnel cakes, popcorn, or, at certain parks, deep-fried candy bars—but most people would not think of such snacks as
supper.) The
unifying goal, then, seems to be to get visitors on the whole to spend as much money as possible at the restaurants: they cannot spend money as efficiently if, at lunchtime, they have to wait for a long time or cannot get in to eat, and they cannot spend money at all if, at supper time, they are not interested in staying at the park to eat. Take a look at answer choice (E) again:
Quote:
(E) utilizing the restaurants at optimal levels for as much of the day as possible
Now, just where does the passage say anything about
optimal levels of anything? This is simply a logical and underlying economic principle at work.
Make sure you understand an answer choice before you either dismiss or embrace it. When you choose something you know is off-base, you will end up with little more than a wrong answer. (Play it safe.)
- Andrew