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Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a change in a schedule

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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?

  1. A. many residents who wanted to use the library were unable to on a weekday.Correct
  2. B. the library carries more books on Saturdays.
  3. C. the estate's population has quintupled.
  4. 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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