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Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A consultant thinks airlines are wasting time on business class perks and should focus on vacationers instead, simply because vacationers buy way more tickets.
Conclusion: Airlines should prioritize the comfort of leisure travelers over that of business travelers.
Reasoning: Leisure travelers are responsible for purchasing 80 percent of all airline tickets sold.
Analysis: The consultant's reasoning relies on a 'quantity over quality' fallacy. It assumes that the sheer volume of ticket sales is the only metric that matters for business strategy. To weaken this, look for an answer that suggests business travelers are more valuable in other ways—perhaps business class tickets generate the majority of the airline's actual profit, even if they represent a smaller percentage of total seats.
Conclusion: Airlines should prioritize the comfort of leisure travelers over that of business travelers.
Reasoning: Leisure travelers are responsible for purchasing 80 percent of all airline tickets sold.
Analysis: The consultant's reasoning relies on a 'quantity over quality' fallacy. It assumes that the sheer volume of ticket sales is the only metric that matters for business strategy. To weaken this, look for an answer that suggests business travelers are more valuable in other ways—perhaps business class tickets generate the majority of the airline's actual profit, even if they represent a smaller percentage of total seats.
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Unlock Full Passage3.Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the reasoning in the travel industry consultant's argument?
Correct Answer
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If a far greater proportion of revenue comes from business travelers, then focusing on their comfort isn’t an overconcern; it’s a sensible response to where the money is. This undercuts the consultant’s inference from “80% of tickets are leisure” to “comfort focus should be leisure.”
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