Information and IdeasVery hardInference from shifted rather than added demand
Information and Ideas practice question
A theatre found that offering half-price tickets on Mondays filled the house, but that its Tuesday and Wednesday audiences shrank by almost the same number of seats. The likeliest explanation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the Monday offer mostly moved existing customers to a cheaper night rather than bringing in new ones.Correct
- B. Monday performances were of higher quality than the others.
- C. the theatre stopped performing on Tuesdays.
- D. ticket prices rose on Wednesdays.
Answer: A. the Monday offer mostly moved existing customers to a cheaper night rather than bringing in new ones.
Mondays gained about what Tuesdays and Wednesdays lost: the same people, redistributed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Monday performances were of higher quality than the others.
- Quality isn't mentioned, and it wouldn't explain the matching fall elsewhere.
- C. the theatre stopped performing on Tuesdays.
- Tuesday audiences shrank; they didn't vanish.
- D. ticket prices rose on Wednesdays.
- No price rise is mentioned.
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