QUESTION TYPE: Principle
CONCLUSION: Consumers should buy from independent bookstores.
REASONING: Chain bookstores have less variety and will force independent bookstores out of business. Therefore buying from chain bookstores will reduce the variety of books available.
ANALYSIS: The correct answer will tell us what consumers should do.
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- The conclusion is about consumers’ actions, not those of bookstores.
- CORRECT. Yes. “If a bookstore will reduce variety, then don’t buy from it.” This supports the conclusion that we should only buy from independent stores, as they have more variety.
- That may be, but what do consumers care about the best interests of the bookselling business?
- “Deliberately” is what makes this answer choice incorrect. We’re not told that chain stores are deliberately trying to destroy the competition.
- That kind of strategy is irrelevant to the stimulus, where consumers do have access to independent bookstores.
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