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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?

  1. A. A survey of the summer audience found that 70% had never bought a ticket for an indoor performance by the company.Correct
  2. B. The outdoor performances are free.
  3. C. The company has performed outdoors for twenty years.
  4. 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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