20、the profits of clothing stores in city A decreased between 8.1 and 10.30. 可是同一个地方的the stores that sell products for the home 的利润却同时间增加了。所以作者建议是reduce the size of clothing stores while enlarge the store of home furnishing and household products department.
The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store:
“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.”
21.“银行应不应该贷款给那些申请开连锁店的local industry..”然后作者的论据是“一个F的地方以冬天寒冷著名，所以那里的冰欺凌的速度卖的慢，然后说什么F这个地方只有一个卖冰欺凌的点。且今年卖冰欺凌的收入下降了。。。什么什么的
[v2]银行不给某个要开分店的冰欺凌公司贷款，因为当地冬天多，且唯一的一个冰激凌店去年净收入下降了10%
The following appeared as part of a memorandum from the loan department of the Frostbite National Bank:
“We should not approve the business loan application of the local group that wants to open a franchise outlet for the Kool Kone chain of ice cream parlors. Frostbite is known for its cold winters, and cold weather can mean slow ice cream sales. For example, even though Frostbite is a town of 10,000 people, it has only one ice cream spot—the Frigid Cow. Despite the lack of competition, the Frigid Cow’s net revenues fell by 10 percent last winter.”