Question

A convenience store manager noticed that a cooler which had been stocked with only a cola product and an iced-tea product had 15 colas left at the end of the day but only 3 iced-tea beverages. As a result, the manager reasoned that he should increase the amount of iced tea and decrease the amount of cola he ordered from the distributor. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the manager's rationale for ordering more iced tea and less cola? A) The cooler in question is the only place in the store where the cola and iced tea beverages are stocked. B)On that day, a month-long $1,000,000 sweepstakes began, with prizes awarded via the bottlecaps on the iced tea beverage. C)At the beginning of the day, the cooler was stocked with at least as many of the iced tea beverages as of the cola beverages. D)On the subsequent day, the remaining three iced tea beverages all sold within the first hour after the store opened. E)During that week, a special "buy one, get one free" sale was in effect for the cola beverage.

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

C is the most logical explanation given. The other answers may be true, but option C would strengthen the manager's rationale most. It is assumed that the number of cola drinks would be a similar number to the iced-tea beverages. Therefore, if there is less iced-tea beverages in the cooler at the end of the day, then it is logical to assume that more iced-tea beverages were consumed throughout the day.

This would lead the manager to believe that iced-tea is more popular than the cola beverages, and hence, he would need to buy more iced-tea drinks than cola.