Information and IdeasHardReading a table of a cafe's drink sales
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Drinks sold at a cafe in one week
Drink | Cups sold | Price per cup
Coffee | 900 | $3
Tea | 600 | $2
Hot chocolate | 300 | $4
The owner notes that although coffee is the cafe's best-selling drink by volume, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. hot chocolate, at $4 a cup, brings in more money per cup sold than coffee does.Correct
- B. tea sold 600 cups.
- C. coffee brought in $2,700 in the week.
- D. coffee is also the most expensive drink.
Answer: A. hot chocolate, at $4 a cup, brings in more money per cup sold than coffee does.
Hot chocolate's price beats coffee's per cup.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. tea sold 600 cups.
- A count, no contrast.
- C. coffee brought in $2,700 in the week.
- Coffee's revenue, no contrast with its volume lead.
- D. coffee is also the most expensive drink.
- Hot chocolate is more expensive.
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