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by radhika88 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:39 am
In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil to cook its Fast Fries, instead of the less healthful corn oil that it had been using. Now Fastfood King is planning to switch back, saying that the change has hurt sales of Fast Fries. However, this claim is incorrect, since according to Fastfood King's own sales figures, Fastfood King sold 10 percent more Fast Fries last year than in the previous year.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Fastfood King's claim?


(A) Total sales of all foods at Fastfood King's locations increased by less than 10 percent last year.

(B) Fastfood King enjoys higher profit margins on its Soft Drinks than it does on Fast Fries.

(C) Fastfood King's customers prefer the taste of Fast Fries cooked in corn oil to Fast Fries cooked in lowfat oil.

(D) The number of customers that visited Fastfood King locations was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before.

(E) The year before last, Fastfood King experienced a 20 percent increase in Fast Fries sales over the previous year.

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by sparkles3144 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:03 am
(A) This does say that sales increased. Lets keep this one and look for other options.

(B) Out of scope. Why are we talking about soft drinks? Eliminate.

(C) Out of scope. Why are we talking about prefernce? Eliminate. We need information about sales.

(D) The number of customers that visited was > 20% higher last year than the year before.
Increase in customers does not neccessarily cause increase in sales.
For example, if each customer starts spending $1 instead of $5, then it is not going to lead profits.
Eliminate

(E) This supports fast food claim. Elimiate. We are looking for something, which is against fast food king's claim.
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by [email protected] » Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:26 am
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Fastfood King's claim?

Meaning: Which of the following strengthens the fact that sales of fries did increase?

A) Total sales of all foods at Fastfood King's locations increased by less than 10 percent last year.

Since the sales of all foods increased by less than 10, whereas the sales of fries increased by atleast 10. We can conclude that fries sales are not decreasing. If they did decrease, then their sales like other items should be matching below the 10 mark.

D)Weakens because if customers increased by 20 then sales increase proportionally is low.

Rest are out of scope.
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