Question

Help please my Journalism Class!!!!! I think its B but not sure... From Businesses Intensify Pitch for 'Savviest Generation Ever' by Dave Carpenter © 2012 The Associated Press

These were no ordinary panelists to the officials of clothing companies, food giants, media dot-coms and others attending the marketing conference. They were American teen-agers, articulating the consumer habits of a group projected to spend a staggering $155 billion this year.
So they applauded the answers of these Chicago-area high school students, laughed at every attempted joke and flooded them with questions for an hour. Where do you buy things? What books do you like? What's your favorite band? Do you prefer TV or the Internet?

What is the central idea of this passage? (3 points)


A. Companies want to learn about how teen-agers spend money.

B. Teen-agers spend billions of dollars a year.

C. Officials from clothing companies and others go to marketing conferences.

D. Many people are interested in what teen-agers have to say.

Answer 1

I've got to agree that the answer is A.

Answer 2

I believe it’s answer choice A. Even though it does say that they are estimated to spend 155 billion dollars, they are asking questions related to spending money, such as where they shop and what books they like and so on.