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Information and Ideas practice question

A bus company claims that its new electric bus is popular with passengers.

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

  1. A. Passenger numbers on the route the electric bus serves have risen by a quarter since it was introduced.Correct
  2. B. The electric bus is painted blue.
  3. C. The electric bus is quieter than diesel buses.
  4. D. The company plans to buy more electric buses.

Answer: A. Passenger numbers on the route the electric bus serves have risen by a quarter since it was introduced.

More passengers.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The electric bus is painted blue.
Colour is not popularity.
C. The electric bus is quieter than diesel buses.
Quietness is a feature, not a count of passengers.
D. The company plans to buy more electric buses.
Plans are not evidence of popularity.

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