Generalization Β·This pattern is common when a new economic model displaces an old on
Passage Style
Single position
2.
The author uses the phrase ββββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββββ ββ
Question Type
Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The author refers to the expenses listed at the beginning of P2: warehousing, shipping books to wholesalers and stores, displaying physical books in retail stores, and returning unsold books to publishers.
a
the fees collected ββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ
This isnβt a description of the expenses associated with traditional book publishing and sales.
1%
b
the price paid ββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ βββ βββββ
This isnβt what the author refers to, because the author still believes books will be printed.
14%
c
the royalties paid ββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ
This isnβt a description of the expenses associated with traditional book publishing and sales.
1%
d
the costs specific ββ βββ ββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββββ βββββ
This best captures the expenses that will no longer exist under the digital publishing model, as listed at the beginning of P2.
84%
e
the total sales ββ β ββββ βββββ βββ βββββ ββ βββββ βββββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ
Although the author mentions the cost of returning unsold books as one of the expenses of retail publishing, itβs just one expense. It would make sense for this phrase to refer to just one of the expenses listed by the author.
1%
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