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A publisher lowered the price of its e-book editions by 30 percent while keeping print-edition prices unchanged. In the following quarter, e-book unit sales rose 85 percent compared with the same quarter the previous year, while print sales stayed flat. The publisher concluded that the price cut caused the surge in e-book sales.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the publisher's conclusion?
- E-book sales rose sharply within days of the price change and stayed elevated at the new price point.
- The publisher released several new print titles during the same quarter.
- The publisher's total revenue declined slightly during the quarter.
- Readers increasingly prefer digital devices for reading over physical books, a shift that predates and is independent of this particular price change.
- A rival publisher also lowered its e-book prices during the same quarter.
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