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Information and Ideas practice question
A theatre director claims that the company's outdoor summer performances reach many people who never attend its indoor season.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the director's claim?
- A. A survey of the summer audience found that 70% had never bought a ticket for an indoor performance by the company.Correct
- B. The outdoor performances are free.
- C. The company has performed outdoors for twenty years.
- D. The indoor theatre seats 400 people.
Answer: A. A survey of the summer audience found that 70% had never bought a ticket for an indoor performance by the company.
Seventy percent of the summer crowd had never attended indoors: exactly the claim.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The outdoor performances are free.
- Free admission might explain the crowd but doesn't show who they are.
- C. The company has performed outdoors for twenty years.
- Longevity doesn't identify the audience.
- D. The indoor theatre seats 400 people.
- Indoor capacity says nothing about the summer audience.
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