Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The more viewers a television show attracts, the greater the advertisi

Understanding the argument -
The more viewers a television show attracts, the greater the advertising revenue the show generates. Fact
The television network Vidnet's most popular show, Starlight, currently earns the network's highest profits, but next year, because of unavoidable increases in production costs, its profits are projected to fall to below the average for Vidnet shows. Opinion/Premise
Therefore, Vidnet would earn greater profits overall if it replaced Starlight with a show of average popularity and production costs. - Conclusion

The conclusion here is that Vidnet (V) would earn "greater profits overall" if it replaced Starlight (S) with a show of average popularity because V's costs are increasing.

What if the popularity of that show has a ripple effect in terms of the channel's popularity and advertisement revenue for other shows as well?

Option Elimination -

(A) The average profits of Vidnet shows have increased in each of the last three years. - Our
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 16 May 2016, 04:13 • Replies 18 • Views 32638

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