LSAT 150 – Section 3 – Question 03

LSAT 150 - Section 3 - Question 03

June 2018

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT150 S3 Q03
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Rule-Application +RuleApp
Link Assumption +LinkA
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
1%
154
B
94%
162
C
5%
160
D
0%
153
E
0%
135
120
120
122
 +Easiest 148.057 +SubsectionMedium

Taxi driver: My passengers complained when, on a hot day, I turned off my cab’s air conditioner while driving up a steep hill. While the engine is powerful enough to both run the air conditioner and climb the hill without slowing, this would have decreased my fuel economy considerably. So turning off the air conditioner was the right decision.

Summarize Argument
The taxi driver concludes he made the right decision to shut off his air conditioning while climbing a steep hill. Why? Because doing so prevented his fuel efficiency from decreasing significantly.

Notable Assumptions
The taxi driver assumes it was better to prevent bad fuel economy than to keep the air conditioning turned on. This means assuming the passengers’ discomfort and complaints are outweighed by the benefits of better fuel efficiency.

A
A taxi driver should not run a cab’s air conditioner if doing so would make it difficult to maintain a consistent speed.
This principle doesn’t apply. The taxi driver doesn’t say it would be difficult to run the air conditioner and maintain a consistent speed—in fact, he says it’s possible.
B
A taxi driver should run a cab’s air conditioner only if doing so does not cause fuel economy to drop below normal levels.
This principle justifies the taxi driver’s decision. It means a taxi driver shouldn’t run the air conditioning if it causes below-normal fuel economy, regardless of any complaints.
C
A taxi driver should try to balance concern for fuel economy with concern for passenger comfort.
Without instruction on how to weigh those concerns, this principle is insufficient to justify the taxi driver’s decision. It doesn’t say concerns about fuel economy should outweigh concerns about passenger comfort.
D
A taxi driver should always act in a way that is most likely to ensure customer satisfaction.
If anything, this weakens the argument. It suggests the taxi driver should weigh passenger comfort, which clearly affects customer satisfaction, more heavily than fuel economy, which doesn’t.
E
A taxi driver’s turning off air-conditioning for a short period of time is acceptable only if passengers do not complain.
This weakens the taxi driver’s argument. Since the passengers complained, it implies his turning off the air conditioner was unacceptable.

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