
During the first week of April, the ChefZ cooking pan was out of stock at Online Retailer X. Day 1 shoppers are those shoppers who came to Online Retailer X's website seeking a ChefZ cooking pan. For each of the first 3 days of that week, the graph shows the subsequent behavior of all the Day 1 shoppers who visited Online Retailer X's website seeking ChefZ. Shoppers who came to the website and purchased a different item in lieu of ChefZ paid an average of 25% more for the item.
From each drop-down menu, select the option that creates the most accurate statement based on the information provided.
% of Day 1 shoppers visited the site on Day 3.
Shoppers at Online Retailer X who purchased substitute items on Day 1 and Day 2 paid a total amount that was approximately% of the total all Day 1 shoppers would have paid had each of them been able to purchase ChefZ on Day 1.
According to a study, after a week of high-altitude living, twenty men had slimmed down. The men, middle-aged residents of low-altitude areas, had been taken to a research station at 2,650 meters (8,694 feet) above sea level. They had unrestricted access to food and were forbidden vigorous exercise, yet they lost an average of 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) during their one-week stay. Clearly, the lower availability of oxygen at higher altitudes, or hypobaric hypoxia, can be said to have caused the weight loss, since __________.
Which of the following would, if true, most logically complete the argument?
Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of 3 percent on all retail sales in the city. Critics protest that 3 percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca's schools. Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of 6 percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.
In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?