求助OG紫皮一道CR

不明白这道题怎么解释了其中的矛盾

选项解释也不明白

A discount retailer of basic household necessities employs thousands of
people and pays most of them at the minimum wage rate. Yet following a
federally mandated increase of the minimum wage rate that increased the
retailer’s operating costs considerably, the retailer’s profits increased
markedly.

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

(A) Over half of the retailer’s operating costs consist of payroll
expenditures; yet only a small percentage of those expenditures go to pay
management salaries.

(B) The retailer’s customer base is made up primarily of people who earn,
or who depend on the earnings of others who earn, the minimum wage.

(C) The retailer’s operating costs, other than wages, increased
substantially after the increase in the minimum wage rate went into effect.

(D) When the increase in the minimum wage rate went into effect, the
retailer also raised the age rate for employees who had been earning just above
minimum wage.

(E) The majority of the retailer’s employees work as cashiers, and most
cashiers are paid the minimum wage.

是B么

因为题干中的paradox在于，在强行提高了零售商付给别人的最低工资以后，也就是在零售商的经营成本上升以后，本应该减少的利润却上升了，说明有别的更大的原因使得成本上升的影响不足以降低利润

选B，因为它说零售商的顾客群体是主要由（直接或间接地）赚取最低工资的消费者构成的，因此也就是说由于他们的最低工资提高了，导致消费能力上升，给零售商以更大的商机，从而弥补了成本的上升

是B么

因为题干中的paradox在于，在强行提高了零售商付给别人的最低工资以后，也就是在零售商的经营成本上升以后，本应该减少的利润却上升了，说明有别的更大的原因使得成本上升的影响不足以降低利润

选B，因为它说零售商的顾客群体是主要由（直接或间接地）赚取最低工资的消费者构成的，因此也就是说由于他们的最低工资提高了，导致消费能力上升，给零售商以更大的商机，从而弥补了成本的上升

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