Passage Summary: Usually, when the government forces businesses to pay workers more, those businesses fire people to save money. However, in the fast-food world, where almost everyone makes the minimum wage, a recent pay raise didn't lead to any job cuts.

Reasoning: While companies typically reduce staff when minimum wage increases threaten profits, a recent minimum wage hike did not result in job losses in the fast-food industry, despite its high concentration of minimum-wage workers.

Analysis: This stimulus presents a classic paradox: a general economic rule failed to apply to the very industry where we would expect to see it most clearly. To resolve this, we need a piece of information that explains why fast-food companies didn't need to cut jobs despite the increased labor costs. Look for an answer that suggests these businesses found another way to cover the costs, such as by raising menu prices or because they were already operating with the absolute minimum number of staff required to function.