PT154 S4 Q8 ExplanationAdvertisement: At BigFoods, we compare

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Contradicted1% picked this

   BigFoods lowered its everyday prices before making the comparison

   We were told that none of the items mentioned were on sale at BigFoods, which contradicts the idea that BigFoods lowered their everyday prices before making the comparison. If we wanted to be picky, we might say that lowering everyday prices isn't necessarily the same as putting items on sale; however, the given statements still seem to contradict this answer and there is definitely nothing in them that supports this answer.

   1%
2. B

   Out of Scope: Grocerytown shoppers2% picked this

   Shoppers who usually patronize Grocerytown prefer to shop there for some reason other

   We can't draw any clear conclusions about why people shop at Grocerytown. BigFoods' comparison of prices only involved a certain selection of items. Maybe Grocerytown sells one or two other items at extremely low prices, and people shop at Grocerytown because of the low price of these items. Costco "loss leader" rotisserie chicken, anyone?

   2%
3. C

   Correct92% picked this

   Some of the items that shoppers at BigFoods buy most often are less expensive at

   Why this is right

   This is the type of answer we might expect, based on the given statements. It might seem like it's weirdly just restating the information that we were already given, but it actually combines information from the given statements. The stimulus doesn't explicitly state what this answer choice states.

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

   92%
4. D

   Unsupported Distinction3% picked this

   Few of the items that shoppers at BigFoods buy most often were on sale at Grocerytown when the

   We're told that none of the items were on sale at BigFoods, but there's no indication of whether or not any of the items were on sale at Grocerytown. This answer might seem appealing because it seems to have an impact on the statements that we were given. If some or all of these items were on sale at Grocerytown and they still cost 10 percent more, that's an even better reason to shop at BigFoods. But even if they weren't on sale at Grocerytown, they still cost 10% more. There's nothing in the given statements to clearly indicate if these items were or weren't on sale there. We just know that, whatever the case, they were more expensive.

   3%
5. E

   Unsupported Comparison2% picked this

   The items that shoppers at BigFoods buy most often are not the same as those that shoppers at

   The given statements focus on items that shoppers at BigFoods buy most often, and we're only comparing the prices of some of those items to the prices of the same items at Grocerytown. None of the given statements would help us determine if those are or aren't the same items that shoppers at Grocerytown buy most often.

   2%