LSAT 2 – Section 2 – Question 05
LSAT 2 - Section 2 - Question 05
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| Question QuickView |
Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT2 S2 Q05 |
+LR
| Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw | A
2%
157
B
3%
152
C
82%
161
D
10%
151
E
3%
155
|
125 139 152 |
+Easier | 144.588 +SubsectionEasier |
This is a flaw question type, and we know this because of the question stem: Which one of the following most clearly identifies an error in the author’s reasoning?
A gas tax of 1 cent per gallon would raise revenue by 1 billion dollars. Since the tax would be 50 cents per gallon would raise the revenue by 50 billion, the author concludes that this would be a great way to deal with the federal deficit. He continues by saying this would result in lower consumption of gas, presumably because the increase in price causes people to stop buying so much of it. Additionally, it would keep them from being too dependent on foreign companies for oil, too.
There is an internal inconsistency - if something would raise revenue, how could its effect also be to lower consumption? The implication here is that if consumption is lowered, the revenue is also going down.
Answer Choice (A) is not descriptively correct; there is no irrelevant data.
Answer Choice (B) is not correct: “relies on incorrect... figures?” How would we know these figures are incorrect? This is out.
Correct Answer Choice (C) reflects the two assumptions about increased revenue and decreased consumption.
Answer Choice (D) is not correct because there is no confusion between cause and effect.
Answer Choice (E) is not correct because the author is not trying to appeal to conscience.
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LSAT PrepTest 2 Explanations
Section 1 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 2 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
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