Information and IdeasHardInference from a change in behaviour after a signal
Information and Ideas practice question
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?
- A. many customers had assumed cash was unwelcome until the sign told them otherwise.Correct
- B. the café stopped accepting cards.
- C. customers dislike paying by card.
- 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- The text says the café had always accepted cash and says nothing about cards being withdrawn.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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