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Q15:

Lightbox, Inc., owns almost all of the movie theaters in Washington County and has announced plans to double the number of movie screens it has in the county within five years.  Yet attendance at Lightbox’s theaters is only just large enough for profitability now and the county’s population is not expected to increase over the next ten years.  Clearly, therefore, if there is indeed no increase in population, Lightbox’s new screens are unlikely to prove profitable.

Which of the following, if true about Washington County, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. Though little change in the size of the population is expected, a pronounced shift toward a younger, more affluent, and more entertainment-oriented population is expected to occur.


2. The sales of snacks and drinks in its movie theaters account for more of Lightbox’s profits than ticket sales do.


3. In selecting the mix of movies shown at its theaters, Lightbox’s policy is to avoid those that appeal to only a small segment of the movie going population.


4. Spending on video purchases, as well as spending on video rentals, is currently no longer increasing.


5. There are no population centers in the county that are not already served by at least one of the movie theaters that Lightbox owns and operates.

The key is A, I chose C. C is also logic, since the company can also increase the population who come to see the cinema.Please give me some tips. Thank you!

agnesqin

C.这个行为可能之前就已经这样做了。所以不能表示增加之后能够带来额外的收益。

plaster

C is out of the scope,文中没有提到怎么选电影,如果要weaken evidences即人口十年之内不会增加, A中阐明了潜在人口的增加,起到了weaken的作用. 呵呵..其实我开始和你犯了一样的错误.

dinosaure

支持C; A中所谓的a younger, more affluent, and more entertainment-oriented population 并不能直接转换为会多看电影的population.而C中 is to avoid those that appeal to only a small segment of the movie going population就指明了选取放映影片时要努力吸引不同层面的观众,但如果is 改为will就更好;比较起来,A更不合理,选C

dinosaure

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cherylcui_mba

和四楼的理解一样.觉得C更合理.

请问NN们的理解?

aokceo

why not choose the answer B ? personally think neither A nor C is correct . because the A just show a trend ,and C tell us a strategy the company will take , rather than a direct force to the population . it is clearly , the problem is why no increase in the population will not definitely led to the decrease of profit , because the B demonstrate that the profit did not come from the revenue by sale the ticket to the population . that is to say , there is a possibility that rise the price of drink or by other measures to earn more profit  without obviously increase the population . so how do you think ?

tempture

题目是profit的变化，选项也就是要有比较才对，BC都没有比较，A不是好选项，但是最靠谱。

roland1972

支持b

yyd9806

支持B. 文中没有表明A与C和利润有关系. 尽管A与C能增加看电影的人数, 但看电影的人数增加就一定能增加利润吗? 例如, 每卖一张电影票就亏5美分, 卖的越多亏的越多. 如果利润主要是电影票以外的因素产生的,例如食品; 人数的增加促进了食品的销售从而提高了利润, 就如B所说的, 能够起到削弱作用....