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A software firm's sales pitch runs: 'Our accounting package is downloaded more often than any other accounting package in the country. It follows that it is the best accounting package available.' Which of the following best identifies the weakness in the pitch?

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  • AIt does not mention what the package costs the buyer
  • BIt takes how widely a product has been taken up as settling how good it is
  • CIt assumes that everyone who downloads the package goes on to use it
  • DIt sets the package beside only those rival packages that are sold within the country

Step-by-Step Solution

Downloads measure reach, not merit: a package may lead on downloads because it is free, because it came bundled with something else, or because it was advertised hardest. Popularity and quality can move together, but the pitch simply assumes they must. The other options point to genuine gaps, yet each would still leave the leap from 'most downloaded' to 'best' unsupported.
Answer: B) It takes how widely a product has been taken up as settling how good it is

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