1. consumer spending will be higher thirteen years from now than it is today.
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2. more people buy houses in the month of February than in any other month.
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3. during the winter months, the prices of single-family homes are the lowest.
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4. there were about 4 million homes for sale during the month of February.
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5. warm winter weather is likely to affect the rate of home sales.
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Answer
Answer: Option E
Explanation:
This is clearly the best answer because the paragraph directly states that warm weather affects consumers inclination to spend. It furthers states that the sales of single-family homes was at an all-time high. There is no support for choice a or c. Choice b is wrong because even though there were high sales for a particular February, this does not mean that sales are not higher in other months. Choice d presents a misleading figure of 4 million. The paragraph states that the record of 4.75 million was at an annual, not a monthly, rate.
