Critical Reasoning

Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield,more tourists stays in hotels in Springfield than in neighboring city of Harristown.A brochure from largest hotel in Harristown more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in Royal Arms hotel in Springfield.If both of these sources are accurate, however, the "Report on Tourism" for the region must be in error in stating that..

a.the average length of stay is longer at the largest hotel in Harristown than it is at Royal Arms hotel

b.there is only one hotel in Harristown that is larger than the Royal arms hotel

c.more tourists stay in hotels in Harristown than stay in royal Arms hotel

d.the Royal Arms hotel is the largest hotel in Springfield

e.the Royal Arms hotel is the only hotel in Springfield

Can anyone provide explanation for this question???

karthikpandian19 wrote:Can anyone provide explanation for this question???

IMO E. Here is my explanation assuming E is correct. Please do post the OA

Premise
1. Promotional material: More tourists stay at hotels in City of Springfield than in neighboring City of Harristown.
2. Hotel Brochure of largest hotel in Harristown (lets say Hotel X): More tourists stay in X than in Royal Arms in Springfield.
3. Both 1 and 2 are accurate.


Now "Report on tourism" reported something apparently incorrect and we should find what that is.

Going through the options, E seems to be wrong.

If Springfield as a city has more tourists staying in hotels than Harristown AND if one specific hotel in Harristown had more tourists staying in it than a particular hotel (Royal Arms) in Springfield, then Springfield should have other hotels to make up for the number of tourists - if not Springfield cannot have more tourists in hotel than Harristown. So the statement that Royal Arms is the only hotel in Springfield cannot be true.

Hope that helps.

OA is E