According to promotional material
Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
According to promotional material published by the city of Springfield, more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown. A brochure from the largest hotel in Harristown claims that more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield. If both of these sources are accurate, however, the Report on Tourism for the region must be in error in stating that ______.
A. the average length of stay is longer at the largest hotel in Harristown than it is at the Royal Arms Hotel
B. there is only one hotel in Harristown that is larger than the Royal Arms Hotel
C. more tourists stay in hotels in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel
D. the Royal Arms Hotel is the largest hotel in Springfield
E. the Royal Arms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield
OA: E
My ques: Nowhere in the stem it mentions about the only hotel in springfield or in harristown. Though report on tourism would make an error in stating that number of tourists because that cannot be determined. so why not c?
Hi Ria,
C cannot be the answer because in the stimulus it is clearly stated that “more tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown”. The reverse cannot be true.
E is correct because if Royal Arms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield, then one of the statistics given has to be wrong, that is, either “less tourists stay in hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown” or “less tourists stay in the largest hotel in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel in Springfield”
