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Given That they're of the same size and same quality
Why Is It That the modular (multi-piece) version of a sofa costs almost twice as much as the standard (one-piece) version of a sofa?
We need to eliminate four answers that explain why modular furniture costs so much more than standard furniture (can't use bigger or better materials).
Each of the following, if true, helps to account for the greater cost of modular furniture EXCEPT:
Modular furniture, unlike standard furniture,
There is a common sense connection between mass-produced and lower cost. So this helps explain why standard furniture is so much cheaper than modular.
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The consumer demand for sofas
Why this is right
This answer doesn't offer any distinction between modular and standard, so it isn't useful for explaining why modular is so much more expensive than standard.
Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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The most fashionable designers tend
There's a common sense connection between high fashion and higher prices. If modular furniture is often coming from the most fashionable designers, that gives us a possible way to explain its higher price.
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Because modular furniture pieces are
If we think that standard furniture is sometimes put on sale (common sense would tell us it is), then this answer presents a difference between modular and standard. Since standard furniture sometimes goes on sale but modular doesn't, that could explain why the average price of standard furniture is lower.
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Modular sofas, on average, have
Having to do more upholstering raises costs, in materials and labor. So this could help explain why the average price of modular furniture is higher.
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