Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT9 S4 Q3 Explanation

It might seem that an airline

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TopicsParadox

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Stimulus

It might seem that an airline could increase profits by reducing airfares on all its flights in order to encourage discretionary travel and thus fill planes. Offers of across-the-board discount fares have, indeed, resulted in the sale of large numbers in the past, actually cut the airline’s profits.

What this question is testing

Paradox

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
3.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Fewer than 10 percent of all air travelers make no attempt to seek

  2. Trap1% picked this

    Fares for trips between a large city and a small city are higher than those for trips between two large cities even when

  3. Correct85% picked this

    Across-the-board discounts in fares tend to decrease revenues on flights that are normally filled, but they fail to

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap9% picked this

    Only a small number of people who have never before traveled by air are persuaded to do so on the

  5. Trap4% picked this

    It is difficult to devise an advertising campaign that makes the public aware of across-the-board discount fares while fully explaining the restrictions

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