Information and IdeasVery hardInference from a natural experiment with a twist
Information and Ideas practice question
A café added calorie counts to its menu. Sales of the highest-calorie cake fell by a third, but total sales of cake did not change, and the lowest-calorie cake, which had barely sold before, became the best seller. The most reasonable interpretation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. customers kept buying cake but switched toward lower-calorie choices once the counts were shown.Correct
- B. customers stopped eating cake.
- C. the calorie counts had no effect.
- D. the café stopped selling the highest-calorie cake.
Answer: A. customers kept buying cake but switched toward lower-calorie choices once the counts were shown.
Total cake sales unchanged; the mix shifted toward the lighter option.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. customers stopped eating cake.
- Total cake sales did not change.
- C. the calorie counts had no effect.
- The mix changed markedly.
- D. the café stopped selling the highest-calorie cake.
- Its sales fell by a third; it was still sold.
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