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15. A certainautomaker aims to increase its market share bydeeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. Thediscounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertisedthe manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyersaway from rival manufacturers’ cars. In the longer term, the automakerenvisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyalcustomers.

In assessingthe plan’s chances of achieving its aim, it would be most useful to know whichof the following?

(A) Whetherthe automaker’s competitors are likely to respond by offering deep discounts ontheir own products

(B) Whetherthe advertisements will be created by the manufacturer’s current advertisingagency

(C) Whethersome of the automaker’s models will be more deeply discounted than others

(D) Whetherthe automaker will be able to cut costs sufficiently to maintain profit marginseven when the discounts are in effect

(E) Whether analternative strategy might enable the automaker to enhance its profitabilitywhile holding a constant or diminishing share of the market