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In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil [#permalink] New post   23 Feb 2021, 06:30
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In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil to cook its Fast Fries, instead of the less healthful corn oil that it had been using. Now Fastfood King is planning to switch back, saying that the change has hurt sales of Fast Fries. However, this claim is incorrect, since according to Fastfood King’s own sales figures, Fastfood King sold 10 percent more Fast Fries last year than in the previous year.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Fastfood King's claim?

A) Total sales of all foods at Fastfood King’s locations increased by less than 10 percent last year.

B) Fastfood King enjoys higher profit margins on its Soft Drinks than it does on Fast Fries.

C) Fastfood King’s customers prefer the taste of Fast Fries cooked in corn oil to Fast Fries cooked in lowfat oil.

D) The number of customers that visited Fastfood King locations was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before.

E) The year before last, Fastfood King experienced a 20 percent increase in Fast Fries sales over the previous year.

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Re: In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2021, 03:06
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As per option A) "Total sales of all foods at Fastfood King’s locations increased by less than 10 percent last year."
and as mentioned in the RC, the sale of fast fries went up by 10% percent, which is higher than other foods served by Fastfood King
But Fastfood claims that the sale of fast fries has been hurt, that means the increase in sale of fast fires should have been less than other food items.
So actually option A weakens the claim of Fastfood king.
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Re: In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2021, 03:07
i think optioin E is the correct answer
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Re: In January of last year, Fastfood King started using a new lowfat oil [#permalink] New post   02 Mar 2021, 05:17
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i think optioin E is the correct answer


Option E is a trap answer, the author of the question purposefully (to trap) trying to compare the previous year's sales with the year before the previous year. In the passage we are told that the Fastfood King has a planned %age of sale increase which they failed.

Let's think other way If in the year before the previous year the sale was 20% more we don't know about the sale figure of all other foods. Option A says that the sale of all other food decreases but still sales goes up by 10% so we can conclude that this 10% up in the sales is contributed only by the Fast Fries.

Answer is A
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