Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a change in a schedule
Information and Ideas practice question
The mobile library used to visit the estate on Mondays and drew a dozen borrowers. Since it switched to Saturday mornings, sixty people queue for it. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. many residents who wanted to use the library were unable to on a weekday.Correct
- B. the library carries more books on Saturdays.
- C. the estate's population has quintupled.
- D. the library now charges for loans.
Answer: A. many residents who wanted to use the library were unable to on a weekday.
A weekday dozen becomes a Saturday sixty: weekday timing had kept people away.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the library carries more books on Saturdays.
- Stock is not mentioned.
- C. the estate's population has quintupled.
- No population change is suggested.
- D. the library now charges for loans.
- Charging would reduce, not raise, the queue.
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