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Resolve the Paradox

Overview

Resolve/Explain questions present two seemingly contradictory facts and ask you to find information that explains how both can be true simultaneously.

1.Identify the two facts that seem to conflict
2.The correct answer explains how BOTH facts can be true
3.Don't pick answers that only address one fact
4.The answer provides a hidden variable or mechanism
Company X raised prices 20%, yet sales increased significantly.

Which helps explain the apparent discrepancy?

Answer D: Look for something like "a competitor went out of business" — this explains how higher prices could coexist with higher sales.
✗Explaining only one of the two facts
✗Choosing answers that make the paradox worse
✗Picking answers that are irrelevant to both facts
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