Answer:
(B) Was the money that XT earned from the increase in gasoline sales enough to offset the cost of providing free car washes during the promotion?
Explanation:
<u>Answer (A) does not include the free car wash promotion variable.
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In option (C) it is very likely that consumers would have bought gasoline more frequently and in smaller quantities without the promotion, <u>but this issue is not useful enough as an analysis for XT.
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It is not so relevant to know if gas stations or XT had to pay other companies to perform car washes (D), because <u>it is assumed that this issue must have been resolved before applying the promotion.
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That is why, when evaluating the argument, it would be more useful to answer if the increase in gas sales was enough to offset the cost of providing free car washes during the promotion (B). If the 10% increase in sales was not enough to cover the cost of car washes then the promotion would ultimately result in loss for XT.
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