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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:10 am
Box office receipts for independent movies for the first half of this year have increased by 20 percent over the total receipts for independent movies for all of last year. Last year, 50 independent movies were released, while so far this year only 20 independent movies have been released. The number of independent movies slated for release in the second half of this year is roughly equal to the number released so far.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

a. The total box office receipts for independent movies this year will be significantly more than 20 percent greater than the receipts for independent movies last year.

b. The number of independent movies released in the first half of this year is equal to the number released in the first half of last year.

c. The price of a movie ticket has not increased since last year.

d. The average revenues of the independent films released during the first half of this year is greater than that of all independent films released last year.

e. The number of people seeing independent movies during the first half of this year is greater than the number who saw independent movies last year.
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by gmatmachoman » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:35 am
Must be A!!
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:14 pm
some more thoughts plz
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by PAB2706 » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:20 pm
Is it D?
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by delhiboy1979 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:53 am
I would go with D.

The use of the word 'significantly' in A makes me uncomfortable.

Following that, D is the only one that looks good to me
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:46 am
delhiboy1979 wrote:I would go with D.

The use of the word 'significantly' in A makes me uncomfortable.

Following that, D is the only one that looks good to me
I strongly agree you. I find A wrong only because of 'significantly'. OA is D

Is 'significantly' the only problem in option A? Experts help plz.
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by delhiboy1979 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:59 am
Not an expert, but will try. 'Siginificantly' is used in an extreme sense. What if all the movies coming up were major flops and there was almost nil people viewing. The difference would not be so significant after all. THere is an element of doubt, hence it is out.
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by M09 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:47 am
IMO E. Let me know?
options D which talks about av. revenue, if we talk in terms of revenue, then individual movie price will count.
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by fruti_yum » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:31 pm
M09 wrote:IMO E. Let me know?
options D which talks about av. revenue, if we talk in terms of revenue, then individual movie price will count.
Do you assume the price is constant??
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by M09 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:31 pm
Since the Q doesn't talk anything about price. So, I think anything related to price or revenue should not be assumed. This year the prices have increased or remained constant..either of the case..we don't know :(

Any comments guys ??
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by M09 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:38 pm
Ok now I'm giving a second thought to it.
Fact: Box office receipts for independent movies increased this year.

Taking the above fact in both the cases.
Case1: price increased-> revenue goes up.
Case2: price remained constant-> again revenue goes up.

So in either of the cases the revenue is going up. So D should be the correct option.
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by kiennguyen » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:56 am
B-no evidence
C-no evidence
D-not correct b/c the number of the box office receipts of this year is larger than that of last year but the revenue of this year may not be larger than that of last year since the value of each receipt may be much cheaper in this year than last year.
E-not correct.The number of movie watching increasing doesn't means the people seeing movies increasing b/c the same people may watch movies more often.

A-correct b/c "only for first haft of this year, movies Box office receipts for independent movies have increased by 20 percent over the total receipts for independent movies for all of last year."
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by joseph32 » Sun May 15, 2016 9:34 pm
I believe the correct answer should be A.
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