A public library uses some of its space to offer coffee and pastries to its patrons in a little café. However, a nearby coffee shop offers similar items that cost less, so the library’s café has struggled to sell enough to make use of the space worthwhile. The manager of the café has decided to exclusively sell a new line of locally-prepared pastries that will only be available at the libraries in that county.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the library manager’s projection that its plan will lead to an increase in its sales?

A. The cost of the new pastries offered at the library will be up to 20% more than that of the pastries they had been selling.
B. Because of nationwide trends in the cost of certain goods, the cost of pastry items are expected to increase throughout the state in which the library is located.
C. The amount of profit that the library expects to make on the new pastries is somewhat less than what they make on those they used to offer.
D. The coffee shop near the library plans to offer its own line of pastries within the coming months.
E. Nearly 90% of the patrons of the library who were given samples of the new pastries stated that they preferred the taste to that of any other pastries sold in the area.


OA E

Source: EMPOWERgmat