Critical Reasoning

lheiannie07 wrote:What is wrong with other options?

There is nothing wrong with the other options. This is an EXCEPT question. So, all of the options work EXCEPT for one of them. The option that does not work is the correct answer.

In this case, in expecting to generate increased profits by using larger buses, the company would not have to assume that the larger buses are not more difficult to drive than the smaller buses are. Even if the larger buses are more difficult to drive, the company could see increased profits if more passengers choose to ride in the buses.

Therefore, what D says does not have to be true in order for the plan to work.

Regarding the other choices.

A - must be true. If demand will not increase, then having larger buses will not have any effect on profitability. (Well, we could argue that there could already be enough demand to fill larger buses, but I am going to go with the assumption that what the creator of the question is getting at is that the company is going to buy larger buses and create more demand in order to use the additional space on the buses. This question could be a little more tightly constructed.)

B - must be true. If increased revenue and efficiency do not compensate for the additional expenses, then profits will not increase.

C - must be true. The buses have to be reliable enough to ensure financial gains, or, obviously, using them will not serve to increase profitability.

E - might be debatable. The company could still see increased profits from using larger buses even if they can't be operated in quite the way that the smaller buses were. However, that the company could be more profitable if D were not true is more clear than that the company could be more profitable if E were not true. So, D is less significant than E and is therefore the best answer.