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A bakery claims that opening an hour earlier has increased its morning sales.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?

  1. A. Sales between six and nine in the morning are 30 percent higher than in the same hours before the change.Correct
  2. B. The bakery now opens at six.
  3. C. The bakery sells bread and cakes.
  4. D. Staff arrive earlier than before.

Answer: A. Sales between six and nine in the morning are 30 percent higher than in the same hours before the change.

Morning sales up.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The bakery now opens at six.
The change, not its effect.
C. The bakery sells bread and cakes.
Irrelevant.
D. Staff arrive earlier than before.
Not sales.

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