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CR · Critical Reasoning
505-555
Complete the Passage
Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?CultureToday, although still the leading magazine covering cultural events in Rivertown, has recently experienced a notable decline in advertising revenue due to decreasing circulation. Many readers have started purchasing a rival magazine that, at 75 cents per copy, is cheaper than CultureToday at $2.00 per copy.
To enhance circulation and thereby increase advertising revenue, CultureToday's publisher has suggested offering it for free, but this proposal has a significant drawback, since _______.
To enhance circulation and thereby increase advertising revenue, CultureToday's publisher has suggested offering it for free, but this proposal has a significant drawback, since _______.
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The retailers that currently sell CultureToday will stop carrying it if it is offered for free.
B
Those Rivertown residents most interested in cultural events are loyal readers of both magazines.
C
One reason CultureToday's circulation decreased was that its competitor's coverage of cultural events was better.
D
Currently, 15 percent of the total number of copies of each issue of CultureToday are distributed free to local schools.
E
CultureToday's competitor would suffer substantial losses if it had to reduce its cover price.
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