PT41.S3.Q19 - renting cars from dealerships

Grey Warden

Hey, could someone help explain why E is the correct answer choice? I understand why others are incorrect.
https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-41-section-3-question-19/

Not Ralph Nader

@"Grey Warden" answer choice E is right, because it does not do anything to argument. Primarily because the conclusion is a comparative statement about gains of renting from dealership for locals in comparison to the same gains for tourists while answer choice E is a comparative statement that only talks about locals.

Answer choice E give rise only to two possible worlds that only concerns locals and does not talk about tourists.

1- Cost of Taxi to dealership = Cost of taxi to National Rental company (for locals only)

2- Cost of Taxi to dealership > Cost of taxi to National Rental company (for locals only)

Answer choice E does not do anything to argument because we do not know whether this cost is less than the cost that tourists have to pay for long rides from airport and even if we assume it is a lesser cost than the airport ride for tourist we do not know how the difference would be in compare with the time that tourists need to put in to find the dealership. This answer choice do not do anything to argument.

nessa.k13.0

I totally agree! ^

Grey Warden

Thank you so much @"Not Ralph Nader" , your explanation regarding the conclusion being comparative was helpful and put things in perspective.