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Two neighboring bakeries, Alba and Brenn, opened on the same street in the same month. Alba priced its signature sourdough loaf at 6 and sold 200 loaves in its first month. Brenn priced the same style of loaf at 9 and also sold 200 loaves in its first month. A business columnist concluded that customers in this neighborhood are entirely insensitive to the price of sourdough bread.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens the columnist's conclusion?

  1. Brenn is located directly beside a busy train station, giving it far heavier foot traffic than Alba, whereas Alba draws only local residents.
  2. Both of the bakeries used the very same certified organic flour, all of it sourced from a single shared regional supplier located just a few miles up the road.
  3. Alba's owner had previously run a highly successful and well-reviewed artisan bakery in a different city for several years before this.
  4. The average price of a comparable sourdough loaf across the wider metropolitan area is much closer to 9 per loaf than it is to 6.
  5. Brenn also sells a wide and varied range of pastries and cakes, an entire category of baked goods that Alba does not offer to its customers at all.

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