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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #3068 Carpet
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Carpets are also used to direct customers through particular areas of the store. Retailers choose carpets not only for their decorative or comfort value, but also because lines or other types of patterns in the carpets can subtly guide shoppers in certain directions. Besides encouraging shoppers to go to certain areas of the store, retailers also want to keep them in the store longer.

Carpet patterns are used to?

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Option 3: "Encourage shoppers to walk in certain directions."

Explanation: The text explicitly states that patterns in carpets can subtly guide shoppers in certain directions, making this option directly supported by the text and aligned with its main idea.

Option 1: "Help shoppers feel comfortable."

Explanation: While comfort is mentioned in the text as a reason for choosing carpets, the primary focus of the text is on how patterns in carpets guide shoppers. Therefore, this option does not align with the main idea.

Option 2: "Appeal to shoppers’ decorative sense."

Explanation: Although the text states that retailers choose carpets for their decorative value, it emphasizes that the patterns are used to guide shoppers, making this option incomplete and not the main purpose.

Option 4: "Highlight expensive areas of the store."

Explanation: The text does not mention highlighting expensive areas as a purpose of carpet patterns. This option introduces information not present in the text, making it incorrect.

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