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On Monday, Daisy’s Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cent

by rakeshd347 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:19 pm
On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30
cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues
and identical profits. The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy's Lemonade Stand.
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
"¢ In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy's Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon
Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices.

OA C
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by vinay1983 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:30 pm
rakeshd347 wrote:On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30
cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues
and identical profits. The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy's Lemonade Stand.
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
"¢ In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy's Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon
Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices.

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Should be E only relevant option according to me
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by theCodeToGMAT » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:09 pm
I will go with "C"
identical revenue means that there costing must be identical
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by rakeshd347 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:35 pm
vinay1983 wrote:
rakeshd347 wrote:On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30
cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues
and identical profits. The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy's Lemonade Stand.
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
"¢ In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy's Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon
Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices.

OA to follow soon.

Should be E only relevant option according to me
Nope its not E.
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by [email protected] » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:37 am
Hi rakeshd347,

The intent of this CR question doesn't quite match the way that the GMAT would present it, but here's what you need to know to answer it:

This is an inference question. We're told:
1) That Daisy's Lemon Stand sold lemonade at 20cents/cup and The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30cents/cup
2) The revenue was the same for both companies (which means that Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold MORE cupts than The Lemon Shack)
3) The profits were the same (profit = revenue - cost). This "factoid" is information that the GMAT would provide (even though this question didn't provide it).

Since the profits were the same AND revenue was the same, the only reasonable inference is that the costs WERE THE SAME.

Final Answer: C

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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:33 am
rakeshd347 wrote:On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold lemonade at 20 cents per cup. The Lemon Shack sold lemonade at 30
cents per cup. At the end of the day, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack reported identical revenues
and identical profits. The statements above best support which of the following assertions?
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold fewer cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack sells higher quality lemonade than does Daisy's Lemonade Stand.
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred identical costs to run their businesses.
"¢ In general, lemonade consumers prefer the lemonade at Daisy's Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon
Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack would not increase its revenues by lowering its prices.
The correct inference is what -- according to the passage -- MUST BE TRUE.
One approach is to NEGATE the answer choices.
When the correct answer choice is negated, the passage will be CONTRADICTED -- implying that the answer choice CANNOT be negated and therefore must be true.

Negating the answer choices, we get:
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand sold MORE cups of lemonade than did the Lemon Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack sells LOWER quality lemonade than does Daisy's Lemonade Stand.
"¢ On Monday, Daisy's Lemonade Stand and the Lemon Shack incurred DIFFERENT costs to run their businesses.
"¢ In general, lemonade consumers DO NOT PREFER the lemonade at Daisy's Lemonade Stand to the Lemonade at the Lemon
Shack.
"¢ The Lemon Shack WOULD INCREASE its revenues by lowering its prices.

Only the negation in red contradicts the passage:
If the two stands had DIFFERENT costs but IDENTICAL REVENUES (as indicated by the passage), then they would have had DIFFERENT PROFITS -- contradicting the passage's contention that the two stands had IDENTICAL profits.
Since the negation of C contradicts the passage, C is what MUST BE TRUE.

The correct answer is C.
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