LSAT 1 – Section 3 – Question 09

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June 1991

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve This gives you an idea of how this question is “curved”— in other words, what level of scorer is likely to get this question right. It shows a model of scaled LSAT score vs probability of getting the question correct. It is based on student test results for each question. The gray bar extends from the score for a 25% chance, to the score for a 75% chance of getting the question correct. The black line in the middle is the score for a 50% chance of getting the question correct. The percentage at the right is the expected chance of someone with the same score as you on that PrepTest getting that question correct	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT1 S3 Q09	+LR	Weaken +Weak	A 63% 162 B 5% 152 C 5% 148 D 24% 153 E 2% 148	140 151 163	+Medium	148.102 +SubsectionMedium

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This is a weakening question, since the stem says: Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

The first thing we learn is that the fines for environmentally damaging accidents are so high that it is cheaper to prevent an accident than it is to deal with the results. The second sentence begins with the conclusion indicator therefore, and concludes that businesses will now invest in preventing accidents. This sentence has a little clause in between commas with the support indicator since, which introduces the final piece of support which is that businesses care about money. It makes intuitive sense, if accidents are going to lose you a lot of money in fines, more than preventing them will, then we would expect those that care about money to prefer prevention to fines. Our job is to weaken this prediction about what businesses are going to do. Let’s see the answers:

Correct Answer Choice (A) Bingo. The argument depends on assuming that businesses will choose to invest in prevention rather than just hoping there won’t be an accident. If they significantly underestimate how likely accidents are, well then they are likely going to assume they don’t have to worry about accidents and the fines, and therefore won’t invest in prevention.

Answer Choice (B) This strengthens the argument, since the prevention of future accidents is a long-term strategy.

Answer Choice (C) This is totally compatible with the argument, the whole point is that businesses are going to invest in prevention because it makes business sense.

Answer Choice (D) This might be appealing if you infer that considering something an ordinary business expense means you don’t mind paying it; the problem is that we’ve been told that businesses care about their profits, and paying fines is more expensive than preventing them. So even if they consider fines an ordinary expense, the argument can still conclude they will choose to pay the cost of prevention instead.

Answer Choice (E) This does nothing to change the fact that prevention is cheaper than fines, and businesses want to maximize their overall profits.

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