Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT13 S2 Q9 Explanation

In a mature tourist market

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Stimulus

In a mature tourist market such as Bellaria there are only two ways hotel owners can increase profits: by building more rooms or by improving what is already there. Rigid land-use laws in Bellaria rule out construction of new hotels or, indeed, any expansion of increase their profits in Bellaria since Bellarian hotels _______.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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The question
9.

Which one of the following logically completes

Answer choices

  1. No Impact22% picked this

    are already operating at an occupancy rate approaching 100

    This has nothing to do with whether or not they can boost profits by improving what is already there. High occupancy does not preclude the possibility of charging more for improved facilities.

  2. No Impact14% picked this

    could not have been sited any more attractively than they are even in the absence

    This does not address whether they can boost profits by improving what's already there. This feels more about the past than about what could be done in the future.

  3. No Impact1% picked this

    have to contend with upward pressures on the cost of labor which stem from an incipient

    This answer does kinda sound like a way to argue that the hotels can't be profitable, but it has nothing to do with Logically Completing the argument.. The author told us there were two ways to potentially boost profits, but his evidence only deals with one of the ways. This answer choice doesn't help us "close the loop" on the second option.

  4. Correct63% picked this

    already provide a level of luxury that is at the limits of what even wealthy patrons are

    Why this is right

    This ends up being our best available option at "they can't boost profits by improving what they have". "Improving what they have" would presumably mean making their hotels even fancier, and that would boost profits only if they started charging more. This choice indicates that hotels cannot charge more for further improvements, as they are already at the pricing limit.

    Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  5. No Impact0% picked this

    have shifted from serving mainly Bellarian tourists to serving foreign tourists traveling in

    This talks about a shift in the client base but does not address whether the hotels could boost profits by improving what they have.

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