If shoplifting at ToySMart continues at the current rate, the shop's owner will be forced to close the store. Raising the prices of the goods sold at ToySMart by 10% will help make up the shortfall in the store's income; this change will therefore protect ToySMart from having to close.
Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?
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AVisitors to the store will be more likely to consider purchasing more of the shop's less-expensive products.
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BThe rise in prices will have no effect on the number of goods sold, even if the rate of shoplifting remains the same.
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CThe rise in prices will not induce visitors who otherwise would not have shoplifted to shoplift items they can now not afford.
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DThe store owner's profits are important to the majority of the shoppers at ToySMart.
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EOther stores may experience an increase in shoplifting as the practice is reduced at ToySMart.
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正确答案: C