most importantly—
• if this problem still confuses you after a while, just walk away from it. then come back to it after a couple of weeks.
• at that point you'll have 'new eyes', and you might find that you suddenly have a better intuition for what's going on here.
• if the problem still confuses you at that point, then just...
...smile,
and
...ignore it.
this single problem is, quite clearly, of little importance overall. (i think it's the only GMAC problem ever in this particular format.)
do not let it distract you from more fundamental concerns.
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Re: CR - GPrep2
My opinion:
Conclusion: its PROFITS would increase
D: a restaurant’s customers who spend less time at their meals typically order LESS EXPENSIVE MEALS than those who remain at their meals longer
However, the price didn't reflect the profit.
For example:
Beer sells at $5 but with cost $4
Coke sells at $3 but with cost $1
Coke would bring more profits even with the lower price.
Conclusion: its PROFITS would increase
D: a restaurant’s customers who spend less time at their meals typically order LESS EXPENSIVE MEALS than those who remain at their meals longer
However, the price didn't reflect the profit.
For example:
Beer sells at $5 but with cost $4
Coke sells at $3 but with cost $1
Coke would bring more profits even with the lower price.
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Re: CR - GPrep2
^^ i can't tell what you are asking. what is your question?
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also remember—you should NEVER have to "plug in" NUMERICAL VALUES for a VERBAL question!
really... don't do this.
there's an entire section of this exam where you may actually want to do things like that. that's the QUANT section!
in CR, if numbers are involved, you should ALWAYS just think in very general terms about the numbers/statistics involved and how they interact.
for instance, in choice D here, you just need to realize that "less expensive meals" don't mean lesser profits—because the customers are leaving earlier!
you just need to think about the fact that people spending less individually could still lead to greater revenues overall, IF they are coming and going faster. "plugging in numbers" is not going to help you understand this. (in fact, you'd have to understand the concept ALREADY in order to "plug" the relevant numbers!)
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also remember—you should NEVER have to "plug in" NUMERICAL VALUES for a VERBAL question!
really... don't do this.
there's an entire section of this exam where you may actually want to do things like that. that's the QUANT section!
in CR, if numbers are involved, you should ALWAYS just think in very general terms about the numbers/statistics involved and how they interact.
for instance, in choice D here, you just need to realize that "less expensive meals" don't mean lesser profits—because the customers are leaving earlier!
you just need to think about the fact that people spending less individually could still lead to greater revenues overall, IF they are coming and going faster. "plugging in numbers" is not going to help you understand this. (in fact, you'd have to understand the concept ALREADY in order to "plug" the relevant numbers!)