There are about 75 brands of microwave popcorn on the market; altogether, they
account for a little over half of the money from sales of microwave food products. It
takes three minutes to pop corn in the microwave, compared to seven minutes to
pop corn conventionally. Yet by weight, microwave popcorn typically costs over five
times as much as conventional popcorn. Judging by the popularity of microwave
popcorn, many people are willing to pay a high price for just a little additional
convenience.
If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be
true?
(A) No single brand of microwave popcorn accounts for a large share of microwave
food product sales.
(B) There are more brands of microwave popcorn on the market than there are of
any other microwave food product.
(C) By volume, more microwave popcorn is sold than is conventional popcorn.
(D) More money is spent on microwave food products that take three minutes or
less to cook than on microwave food products that take longer to cook.
(E) Of the total number of microwave food products on the market, most are
microwave popcorn products.
[spoiler]OA is D, my answer is E. what i'm missing?[/spoiler]
account for a little over half of the money from sales of microwave food products. It
takes three minutes to pop corn in the microwave, compared to seven minutes to
pop corn conventionally. Yet by weight, microwave popcorn typically costs over five
times as much as conventional popcorn. Judging by the popularity of microwave
popcorn, many people are willing to pay a high price for just a little additional
convenience.
If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be
true?
(A) No single brand of microwave popcorn accounts for a large share of microwave
food product sales.
(B) There are more brands of microwave popcorn on the market than there are of
any other microwave food product.
(C) By volume, more microwave popcorn is sold than is conventional popcorn.
(D) More money is spent on microwave food products that take three minutes or
less to cook than on microwave food products that take longer to cook.
(E) Of the total number of microwave food products on the market, most are
microwave popcorn products.
[spoiler]OA is D, my answer is E. what i'm missing?[/spoiler]
