Critical Reasoning (CR) | At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables.

The conclusion is profits would increase. So profits = (SP - CP) X number of customers.
The key assumption here is that the number of people they can serve is more. Meaning people don't stay longer. What if people sit there for hours? That will impact the throughput, and the argument will collapse.

Option Elimination -
(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available. - We are not concerned about celebrities here. Out of scope.

(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals. - We are not concerned about celebrities here. Out of scope.

(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering - exactly. That's why the argument assumes that these people will not stay longer. If they stay longer, then the argument crashes.

(D) a restaurant's
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 01 Dec 2006, 21:16 • Replies 31 • Views 83312

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