請問GWD0-4

[colorr]

In the year following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes,sales of cigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the
after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes.

The argument above requires which of following assumptions?

A. During the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes did not increase by as much as it had during the year prior to the tax increase.

B. The one percent fall in cigarette sales in the year prior to tax increase was due to a smaller tax increase.

C. The pretax price of a pack of cigarettes gradually decreased throughout the year before and the year after the tax increase.

D. For the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes was not eight or more cents lower than it had been the previous year.

E. As the after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes rises, the pretax price also rises.

答案是D，看了好久還是看不懂 dora08
請教各位了，謝謝

[adonais]

In the year following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes,sales of cigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the
after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes.

The argument above requires which of following assumptions?

A. During the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes did not increase by as much as it had during the year prior to the tax increase.

B. The one percent fall in cigarette sales in the year prior to tax increase was due to a smaller tax increase.

C. The pretax price of a pack of cigarettes gradually decreased throughout the year before and the year after the tax increase.

D. For the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes was not eight or more cents lower than it had been the previous year.

E. As the after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes rises, the pretax price also rises.

答案是D，看了好久還是看不懂 dora08
請教各位了，謝謝

D選項取非
如果pretax price of a pack of cigarettes eight or more cents lower , 則tax增加8%就被抵銷, 甚至讓after tax price比前一年低, 如此原文結論則無法推出sales volume strongly related to the after-tax price
參考一下吧!

[peche]

補充一句~
因為如果for the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes 是8% lower than it had been the previous year的話
那增加的 tax 不就是讓兩年 價錢相等
結論也無法推出

[christina]

請教大大們~
In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. 這句話在此題的作用是什麼?推論中何為要提及此句?好像沒什麼關連到作者的conclusion..
謝謝!!!:)

[小隻]

in contrast後面這一句句意是
"在這年增加聯邦稅前, 香煙的銷售已經降了1%."
比對第1句話, 稅增加(an 8-cent increase=after-tax price)後, 降10%.

結論:香煙的銷售額與稅收(an 8-cent increase)習習相關.

問題:找出假設條件. 所以是找課稅前的蛛絲馬跡囉...

D, 我的解讀是 1包香煙的稅前價己高於前1年8 cents或者更高, 所以sales當然降, 然後本年又提高稅收8 cents, 哇! 本年的1包香煙是去年的2倍...好貴唷...假設條件就是稅收前的1包香港價格就不便宜了, 再加上稅收............我想smokers可以借煙了吧..

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[吳]

d 香菸税前價格沒有降低8cents+税升高8cents
=>稅後價格一定上升=> 如此sales跟after-tax價格高度相關
(若今年比去年便宜10cents+tax=稅後反而便宜 2cents)

[pimi]

想請問A答案中的increase by as much as it had during the year prior to the tax increase怎麼翻譯呢？？

A. During the year following the tax increase, the pretax price of a pack of cigarettes did not increase by as much as it had during the year prior to the tax increase.

[FIG]

試翻看看
在增稅的那年中，增稅前的價格並沒有像之前未增稅年一樣增加