LSAT 111 – Section 3 – Question 04

LSAT 111 - Section 3 - Question 04

October 2001

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PT111 S3 Q04
+LR
+Exp
Strengthen +Streng
Math +Math
A
3%
159
B
1%
151
C
92%
167
D
4%
158
E
1%
152
131
141
151
 +Easier 147.206 +SubsectionMedium

For next year, the Chefs’ Union has requested a 10 percent salary increase for each of its members, whereas the Hotel Managers’ Union has requested only an 8 percent salary increase for each of its members. These facts demonstrate that the average dollar amount of the raises that the Chefs’ Union has requested for next year is greater than that of the raises requested by the Hotel Managers’ Union.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that the Chefs’ Union has requested raises of a greater dollar amount than the raises requested by the Hotel Managers’ Union. This is because the Chefs’ Union has requested a 10% salary raise, while the Hotel Managers’ Union has requested an 8% salary raise.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that members of the Chefs’ Union currently make either almost as much, as much, or more than members of the Hotel Managers’ Union. Suppose chefs made $90,000 and hotel managers made $100,000. Their requested raises would add $9,000 and $8,000 to their respective salaries.

A
The Chefs’ Union has many more members than does the Hotel Managers’ Union.
We don’t care how many members these unions have. We care about how much their requested raises would add to their salaries.
B
The Chefs’ Union is a more powerful union than is the Hotel Managers’ Union and is therefore more likely to obtain the salary increases it requests.
We don’t care what’s likely to happen. We’re interested in the dollar amount the raises would add.
C
The current salaries of the members of the Chefs’ Union are, on average, higher than the current salaries of the members of the Hotel Managers’ Union.
Members of the Chefs’ Union already make more than members of the Hotel Managers’ Union. If chefs make $110,000 and hotel managers make $100,000, then the requested raises would add $11,000 to chefs’ salaries and $8,000 to hotel managers’ salaries.
D
The average dollar amount of the raises that the members of the Chefs’ Union received last year was equal to the average dollar amount of the raises that the members of the Hotel Managers’ Union received.
We don’t care about last years’ raises.
E
The members of the Chefs’ Union received salary increases of 10 percent in each of the last two years, while the members of the Hotel Managers’ Union received salary increases of only 8 percent in each of the last two years.
We don’t care about last years’ raises, nor the year before that. We only care about the dollar value of the raises requested this year.

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