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A bookstore owner believes that adding a café to her store will increase book sales. She reasons that customers who linger longer in the store buy more books, and that a café will encourage customers to linger.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens her argument?
- Customers who spend time in a bookstore café go on to browse the store's shelves more than customers who do not.
- A café would generate substantial revenue of its own from food and beverage sales.
- The store has enough unused floor space to accommodate a café.
- Many bookstores across the country have added cafés over the past decade.
- Coffee is one of the highest-margin items a café can sell.
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