Read the text and choose the conclusion that is best supported by it. When the city of Marlow replaced paper bus tickets with a mobile app, officials predicted that queues would vanish and costs would fall. Costs did fall, by nearly a fifth, because fewer ticket machines needed repairs. However, a survey a year later showed that passengers over seventy used the buses far less often than before. Many of them said they had not stopped travelling but had begun asking relatives for lifts. The council now plans to keep a few ticket machines working at the main stops.
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- AThe app saved money but had an unintended effect on older passengers.
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Check each statement against the text. 'The app failed to lower the transport costs of the city' is wrong: the text says costs fell by nearly a fifth. 'The survey proved that the queues at bus stops had disappeared' is wrong: the survey dealt with the frequency of older passengers' travel, and queues are mentioned only in the officials' prediction. 'Passengers over seventy have stopped travelling in the city altogether' is wrong: they travelled less by bus, but many said they had not stopped travelling and asked relatives for lifts. 'The app saved money but had an unintended effect on older passengers' is supported: costs fell, and the same change led to fewer bus journeys by people over seventy, which the officials had not predicted. This is why the council wants to keep some ticket machines.