[size=12.000000pt]6) In the year following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes, sales ofcigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen onepercent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the after-tax price of a packof cigarettes.
[size=12.000000pt]The argument above requires which of following assumptions?
A. During the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes did notincrease by as much as it had during the year prior to the tax increase.
B.The one percent fall in cigarette sales in the year prior to tax increase was due to a smaller taxincrease.
C.The pretax price of a pack of cigarettes gradually decreased throughout the year before and theyear after the tax increase.
D. For the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes was not eight ormore cents lower than it had been the previous year.
E. As the after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes rises, the pretax price also rises.