Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a capacity increase without an output increase
Information and Ideas practice question
The bakery's new oven bakes twice as many loaves per hour as the old one did, yet the bakery's daily output has barely changed since it was installed. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the oven was not what limited how much the bakery could produce.Correct
- B. the new oven is faulty.
- C. demand for the bakery's bread has doubled.
- D. the bakery now closes earlier in the day.
Answer: A. the oven was not what limited how much the bakery could produce.
Doubling oven capacity changed nothing, so something else — dough preparation, staff, sales — must set the limit.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the new oven is faulty.
- The text says the oven bakes twice as many loaves per hour; it works as intended.
- C. demand for the bakery's bread has doubled.
- Output barely changed, so doubled demand isn't indicated.
- D. the bakery now closes earlier in the day.
- Nothing in the text concerns opening hours.
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