The author makes a leap in stating that profits could be boosted if Elmrose
took the simple step of moving back to one office. While this argument might be
valid, we would need more evidence to establish that it was so. This would involve
looking at the status of the company’s profits before the expansion, its revenues and
costs in the years before and after the moves, and also the extent of its advertising
during both time periods.508 PART 5 ■ GRE PRACTICE TESTS05-GRE-Test-2018_463-582.indd 508 12/05/17 12:14 pm