LSAT 152 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q17

LR Question 17 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Xavier: The new fast-food place on 10th Street …

QUESTION TYPE: Agreement

ANALYSIS: Xavier thinks it’s unsurprising that the place went out of business. It had no indoor seating, and most people don’t want to sit outside and breathe in fumes while they eat.

Miranda thinks it was irresponsible of the bank to lend the place money, since they should’ve realized that a place with no indoor seating would likely fail.

Both of them suggest that having no indoor seating on 10th Street was a risky move and a reason for its failure. Anything beyond that goes too far and is unsupported.

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1. This is crazy. They’re not suggesting that few people want to eat outside, ever. The context is only about 10th Street.
2. Only Miranda talks about banks. And even she might not agree with this, because she only talks about 10th Street. Not restaurants everywhere.
3. Both of them suggest that the lack of indoor seating is a reason why it failed. But that’s very different from saying that it would’ve succeeded if it had indoor seating. Maybe there’s other things that contributed to its failure.
4. This is too strong. None of them suggested that having outdoor seating was the issue. It was the lack of any indoor seating.
5. CORRECT. This is the only supported answer. Xavier’s not surprised it failed, and Miranda thinks banks should’ve realized it would likely fail. Both of them think it was a risky idea.