The Board of Directors of the Lejon Etymological Museum

[cksharma68]

The Board of Directors of the Lejon Etymological Museum imposed a 50-cent admission charge in order to reduce the Museum's deficit. Attendance remained stable and there was no protest from the public, so, six months later, the Museum announced that the admission price would go up to $1.50.

It can be inferred that, in increasing the admission charge to $1.50, the Board of Directors assumed that:

A) People did not protest the initial charge because they felt it was necessary to keep the Museum in operation

B)Since people did not protest the initial charge, they will also accept the raised price

C)Since $1.50 is three times the original charge, it is probable that attendance will drop as the public protests the increase

D)The increased revenue from admissions will enable the Museum to expand its operations

E) Tripling the admission cost every six months will not cause a drop in attendance

 

I was struggling between B and E. Finally selected E. However OA is B. Can anyone help in

[vijay1311]

IMO the answer is B.

[800]

 

The Board of Directors of the Lejon Etymological Museum imposed a 50-cent admission charge in order to reduce the Museum's deficit. Attendance remained stable and there was no protest from the public, so, six months later, the Museum announced that the admission price would go up to $1.50.

 

It can be inferred that, in increasing the admission charge to $1.50, the Board of Directors assumed that:

A) People did not protest the initial charge because they felt it was necessary to keep the Museum in operation (Linked operation feasibility with OUT of SCOPE people's understanding- OUT)

B)Since people did not protest the initial charge, they will also accept the raised price.(Protest and price linked perfectly. The BOD was trying to REDUCE DEFICIT not ATTENDENCE !!!the correct answer)

C)Since $1.50 is three times the original charge, it is probable that attendance will drop as the public protests the increase (lucretive and rverse)

D)The increased revenue from admissions will enable the Museum to expand its operations (too far to be correct answer. this is DESIRED RESULT not the CAUSE on which the assumption is depandent)

E) Tripling the admission cost every six months will not cause a drop in attendance(reverse... reducing deficit stands 180" of reducing attendence!!!)

 

 

I was struggling between B and E. Finally selected E. However OA is B. Can anyone help in

The Board of Directors of the Lejon Etymological Museum imposed a 50-cent admission charge in order to reduce the Museum's deficit. Attendance remained stable and there was no protest from the public, so, six months later, the Museum announced that the admission price would go up to $1.50.

 

It can be inferred that, in increasing the admission charge to $1.50, the Board of Directors assumed that:

A) People did not protest the initial charge because they felt it was necessary to keep the Museum in operation (Linked operation feasibility with OUT of SCOPE people's understanding- OUT)

B)Since people did not protest the initial charge, they will also accept the raised price.(Protest and price linked perfectly. The BOD was trying to REDUCE DEFICIT not ATTENDENCE !!!the correct answer)

C)Since $1.50 is three times the original charge, it is probable that attendance will drop as the public protests the increase (lucretive and rverse)

D)The increased revenue from admissions will enable the Museum to expand its operations (too far to be correct answer. this is DESIRED RESULT not the CAUSE on which the assumption is depandent)

E) Tripling the admission cost every six months will not cause a drop in attendance(reverse... reducing deficit stands 180" of reducing attendence!!!)

 

HTH

[lonelygmatprep]

The target of the Museum is to reduce the deficit.

if we negate E, Museum will still be able to reduce the deficit. drop in attendance does not mean 0 attendance. And the Museum is not trying to make a profit, They are simply reducing deficit.

If we negate B, people will not accept the new admission charge, let alone pay it. Hence, there is a chance of getting close to 0 attendance.

 

So B is correct.

[lovee dua]

E says that tripling the cost every six months will not cause the drop in attendance.

by using the word every it is creating assumption within an assumption .how can we assume that museum is going to increase the fee every six months.

so i pick B .