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When the café put a small sign on its counter reading 'Cash welcome', the share of customers paying in cash rose from 10% to 25% within a month, though the café had always accepted cash. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. many customers had assumed cash was unwelcome until the sign told them otherwise.Correct
  2. B. the café stopped accepting cards.
  3. C. customers dislike paying by card.
  4. D. the sign was very large.

Answer: A. many customers had assumed cash was unwelcome until the sign told them otherwise.

Cash was always accepted; only the sign changed; cash use rose: customers had assumed otherwise.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the café stopped accepting cards.
The text says the café had always accepted cash and says nothing about cards being withdrawn.
C. customers dislike paying by card.
Three quarters still paid by card.
D. the sign was very large.
The sign was 'small'.

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