ACME Midwest Sales Manager: I am unhappy to report that the Midwest sales office has had a difficult quarter, and our office will not lead the company in sales this quarter as we usually do.
ACME Executive: Fortunately, the South sales office has had a strong performance this quarter. They usually account for around 10% of company sales, but that figure has improved to 25% for this quarter.
One flaw in the ACME Executive's response is that it:
a.does not address the reasons why the ACME Midwest Sales Office had a bad quarter.
b.neglects the possibility that overall sales have increased dramatically.
c.assumes an increase in sales percentage resulted from increased performance.
d.uses percentage data when he should be using absolute number data.
e.neglects to consider other sales offices.
If you related first statement , which state that the company used to lead in sales.
Then second statement states that it used to account for just 10% of total sales and now it is 25% .
Isn't correct answer should be D?
ACME Executive: Fortunately, the South sales office has had a strong performance this quarter. They usually account for around 10% of company sales, but that figure has improved to 25% for this quarter.
One flaw in the ACME Executive's response is that it:
a.does not address the reasons why the ACME Midwest Sales Office had a bad quarter.
b.neglects the possibility that overall sales have increased dramatically.
c.assumes an increase in sales percentage resulted from increased performance.
d.uses percentage data when he should be using absolute number data.
e.neglects to consider other sales offices.
If you related first statement , which state that the company used to lead in sales.
Then second statement states that it used to account for just 10% of total sales and now it is 25% .
Isn't correct answer should be D?
