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Surveys reveal that the vast majority

by himu » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:22 pm
Surveys reveal that the vast majority of hotel guests in the United States resent the high prices of the items in the mini-bars in their hotel rooms.These guests would prefer to have an empty refrigerator in their rooms in order to have space to put their own food and beverages, although a large percentage of these guests would still make at least one purchase from their in-room mini-bar. After analyzing the results of the study, the management of Hotel T decided that it would be more profitable to eliminate the mini-bar and install empty refrigerators in each room.

Which of the following, if true, would support Hotel T's plan to increase profitability by eliminating in room mini-bars in favor of empty refrigerators?


There is currently some space available in Hotel T's in-room mini-bars for guests to put their own items.

Hotel T is located in the United States.

Some guests of Hotel T do not make any purchases from their in-room mini-bars.

The money that Hotel T makes from the mini-bar purchases of its guests is less than the money that Hotel T loses from discarding mini-bar items that have not sold by their expiration dates.

It will cost Hotel T less money to maintain empty refrigerators in its guest rooms than to maintain stocked mini-bars in those rooms.
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by hemant_rajput » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:24 am
IMO e.

What is OA?
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by himu » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:00 pm
Yes Hemant,

OA after a few more ideas !


Others can you pls discuss ?

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by Ankur87 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:39 pm
himu wrote:Surveys reveal that the vast majority of hotel guests in the United States resent the high prices of the items in the mini-bars in their hotel rooms.These guests would prefer to have an empty refrigerator in their rooms in order to have space to put their own food and beverages, although a large percentage of these guests would still make at least one purchase from their in-room mini-bar. After analyzing the results of the study, the management of Hotel T decided that it would be more profitable to eliminate the mini-bar and install empty refrigerators in each room.

Which of the following, if true, would support Hotel T's plan to increase profitability by eliminating in room mini-bars in favor of empty refrigerators?


There is currently some space available in Hotel T's in-room mini-bars for guests to put their own items.

Hotel T is located in the United States.

Some guests of Hotel T do not make any purchases from their in-room mini-bars.

The money that Hotel T makes from the mini-bar purchases of its guests is less than the money that Hotel T loses from discarding mini-bar items that have not sold by their expiration dates.

It will cost Hotel T less money to maintain empty refrigerators in its guest rooms than to maintain stocked mini-bars in those rooms.
Clearly D is the answer as it is mentioned that customers make at least one purchase from their in-room mini-bar. So lets consider they make only one purchase out of 10 items. So chances are there that the items expires.
E: cant be because this choice because it says only about maintenance , (not clear )

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by shenoydevika » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:30 am
Answer is D.

This question has been discussed in this forum before. https://www.beatthegmat.com/mini-bar-t58710.html