This is a bizarro question, so we are looking for the answer that does NOT help to account for the greater cost of modular furniture. ' Answer choice C would help to account for the greater cost of modular furniture as the most fashionable designers also tend to be those with the most expensive products.
B is incorrect because it is irrelevant to the overall cost of modular furniture. While the passage does discuss the cost of a modular sofa, it does so to showcase an example of modular furniture as a style of furniture. Therefore, the level of consumer demand for or the supply of sofas is irrelevant to the overall greater cost of modular furniture as a style of furniture.
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