LSAT 154 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 154 - Section 1 - Question 01

September 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT154 S1 Q01
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Value Judgment +ValJudg
Analogy +An
A
2%
153
B
94%
163
C
4%
151
D
1%
158
E
0%
151
130
138
146
 +Easier 147.621 +SubsectionMedium

Rhett: Otto gives me a ride to work every morning and expects me to help pay for fuel. But I shouldn’t have to pay. Giving me a ride doesn’t increase the amount he spends on fuel, since he has to go right by my house anyway.

Barbara: By that flawed logic, you would be entitled to the warm air that heats the unused spare room of my house, if you could divert it to your house without increasing my expenses.

Speaker 1 Summary
Rhett concludes that he shouldn’t have to help pay for the fuel requires for Otto to give Rhett a ride to work. This is because Otto doesn’t have to use any extra fuel from providing Rhett a ride to work.

Speaker 2 Summary
Barbara’s implicit conclusion is that Rhett should have to help pay for the fuel used by Otto. Barbara compares Rhett’s argument to the flawed argument that one can use another’s unused warm air for free if one can divert it without causing expense to the owner of the warm air.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. Rhett thinks he shouldn’t have to help pay for fuel. Barbara thinks he should.

A
Otto requires Rhett to help pay for fuel for the ride to work
Not a point of disagreement. Barbara doesn’t comment on what Otto requires of Rhett.
B
Rhett should have to help pay Otto’s fuel expenses
This is a point of disagreement. Rhett thinks he shouldn’t have to pay, because Otto doesn’t use any more fuel from picking up Rhett. Barbara’s implicit conclusion is that Rhett should have to help pay.
C
giving Rhett a ride to work increases Otto’s fuel expenses
Barbara doesn’t express an opinion about this. She responds to Rhett’s argument by comparing it to an analogous, flawed argument. But she doesn’t comment on the truth of Otto’s premises.
D
Rhett is entitled to the warm air that heats Barbara’s unused spare room
Rhett doesn’t express an opinion about this. He doesn’t say anything suggesting a view about the analogous argument brought up by Barbara.
E
Rhett could divert to his house the warm air that heats Barbara’s unused spare room without increasing her expenses
Rhett doesn’t express an opinion about this. He doesn’t say anything suggesting a view about the analogous argument brought up by Barbara.

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