Information and IdeasHardInference from what a policy change revealed
Information and Ideas practice question
When the bus company stopped accepting cash and required a card or app, ridership fell 12% overall but fell 40% on the two routes serving the retirement villages. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. older passengers were far more likely to have relied on paying with cash.Correct
- B. the retirement villages closed.
- C. the buses on those routes became less frequent.
- D. younger passengers stopped using the bus.
Answer: A. older passengers were far more likely to have relied on paying with cash.
The steepest fall on routes serving retirement villages, after cash was dropped.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the retirement villages closed.
- Nothing suggests closure; the routes still run.
- C. the buses on those routes became less frequent.
- Frequency is not mentioned; payment method changed.
- D. younger passengers stopped using the bus.
- The overall fall was modest; the retirement routes drove it.
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