PrepTest 89, Section 2, Question 1
CEO: While we only have the sales reports for the first 9 months of this year, I feel confident in concluding that this will be a good year for us in terms of sales. In each of the last 5 years, our monthly sales average was less than $30 million. However, our monthly sales average so far for this year is over $35 million.
CEO: While we only have the sales reports for the first 9 months of this year, I feel confident in concluding that this will be a good year for us in terms of sales. In each of the last 5 years, our monthly sales average was less than $30 million. However, our monthly sales average so far for this year is over $35 million.
CEO: While we only have the sales reports for the first 9 months of this year, I feel confident in concluding that this will be a good year for us in terms of sales. In each of the last 5 years, our monthly sales average was less than $30 million. However, our monthly sales average so far for this year is over $35 million.
CEO: While we only have the sales reports for the first 9 months of this year, I feel confident in concluding that this will be a good year for us in terms of sales. In each of the last 5 years, our monthly sales average was less than $30 million. However, our monthly sales average so far for this year is over $35 million.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the CEO's argument?
The CEO's company typically has its highest monthly sales of the year during the last 3 months of the year.
The quality of the products sold by the CEO's company has always been considered to be relatively high.
The CEO has a strong incentive to highlight any good news regarding the company and to downplay bad news.
The CEO's company started a new advertising campaign at the beginning of this year that has proved unusually effective so far.
Several other companies who sell products similar to those sold by the CEO's company have also reported that this year's monthly sales averages so far have been higher than previous years' averages.
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