LSAT 107 – Section 3 – Question 02

LSAT 107 - Section 3 - Question 02

October 1999

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT107 S3 Q02
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
6%
159
B
84%
167
C
0%
159
D
3%
159
E
7%
161
131
144
157
 +Medium 148.579 +SubsectionMedium

Mayor of Outerville, a suburb of Center City: Outerville must grow if it is to survive, so, as we have agreed, efforts should be made to attract more residents. The best strategy for attracting residents is to renovate the train station. The numbers of jobs in Center City and of people who prefer to live in suburban towns are increasing. With the rise in tolls, driving into the city is becoming more expensive than train travel. Therefore, people want to live in towns where train travel is convenient and pleasant.

Summary

Outerville is a suburb of Center City. If Outerville survives, it must grow. Outerville should make efforts to attract more residents. The best strategy to attract new residents is to renovate the train station. The number of jobs in Center City is increasing. The number of people who want to live in suburbs is increasing. Tolls are rising, causing driving to the city to become more expensive than traveling by train. People want to live in areas with convenient and pleasant train travel.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

If Outerville renovates the train station, it will make train travel more convenient and pleasant, attracting people who want to live in the suburb but commute by train to Center City’s jobs.

A
the town of Outerville should attract more residents

This is unsupported because this information is already presented as a premise to the argument. We already know that the town should attract more residents, but this points to a separate conclusion.

B
the train station in Outerville should be renovated

This is strongly supported because the mayor states that the best strategy for attracting new residents to Outerville is to renovate the train station.

C
residents of Outerville who are in need of work should look for jobs in Center City

This is unsupported because the mayor doesn’t make any value statement on where people should look for work. They mayor’s value statement is limited to saying what the best strategy is for Outerville to attract new residents.

D
people who work in Center City but live in Outerville should commute by train rather than driving

This is unsupported because although people who work in Center City but live in Outerville may prefer to commute by train, the mayor makes no prescriptive statement saying these people should commute by train.

E
people who want to live where train travel is convenient and pleasant should live in Outerville

This is unsupported because we don’t have any statement declaring where people should or should not live.

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