LSAT 149 – Section 3 – Question 17

LSAT 149 - Section 3 - Question 17

December 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT149 S3 Q17
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
0%
142
B
4%
151
C
0%
149
D
0%
147
E
96%
163
133
139
146
 +Easier 147.456 +SubsectionMedium

When a chain of service stations began applying a surcharge of $0.25 per purchase on fuel paid for by credit card, the chain’s owners found that this policy made their customers angry. So they decided instead to simply raise the price of fuel a compensatory amount and give a $0.25 discount to customers paying with cash. Customers were much happier with this policy.

Summary
A chain of service stations charged a $0.25 fee per purchase for fuel paid for with a credit card. This caused the service station’s customers to be angry. Instead, the chain decided to raise the overall price of fuel and offer customers a $0.25 discount for paying with cash. The service station’s customers were happier with this policy.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Sometimes people’s reactions to a situation depends in part on how that situation is presented to them.

A
People usually adopt beliefs without carefully assessing the evidence for and against those beliefs.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus under what circumstances people will usually adopt beliefs.
B
People’s perceptions of the fairness of a policy sometimes depend on whether that policy benefits them personally.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether people think this policy is fair. We can’t infer from their happiness that they think it is fair.
C
People usually become emotional when considering financial issues.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus under what circumstances people usually become emotional.
D
People often change their minds about issues that do not make significant differences to their lives.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus under what circumstances people change their mind. We don’t even know if the customers who were previously angry are the same customers that are happier after the policy change.
E
People’s evaluations of a situation sometimes depend less on the situation itself than on how it is presented to them.
This answer is strongly supported. The only thing that changed in this scenario was whether or not customers were aware of the surcharge.

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