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Consider this argument. Holding this orchard's mangoes back in the ripening shed is a false economy. Fruit held for a week loses about a tenth of its weight. The price paid per kilo in the later week has exceeded the price in the picking week in only two of the past nine seasons. The shed itself has to be cooled day and night for as long as the fruit is inside it. Which of the following states the conclusion drawn in the passage?

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  • AMangoes held in the ripening shed for a week lose about a tenth of their weight
  • BThe ripening shed has to be cooled day and night while fruit is being held in it
  • CHolding this orchard's mangoes back in the ripening shed does not pay
  • DIn two of the past nine seasons the later week brought a higher price per kilo than the picking week

Step-by-Step Solution

Calling the practice a false economy is a verdict on it, and the lost weight, the price record and the cooling bill are the three costs offered in support of that verdict. The correct option restates the verdict in plainer words. The other three are precisely the pieces of evidence assembled to establish it, so none of them can be what the passage sets out to show.
Answer: C) Holding this orchard's mangoes back in the ripening shed does not pay

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