LSAT 156 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The relationship between money and the things it allows …

QUESTION TYPE: Complete the Argument

ANALYSIS: This is an analogy. The argument compares money to tools, then applies something true about tools to money.

So track the structure:
tool → useful only if there’s a task
money → useful only if there’s something to buy

The conclusion has to mirror that idea. If tools are useless without tasks, then money should be useless without purchases.

So we’re looking for something that applies the same logic: no task → tool useless, so no purchases → money useless.

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1. This just says money is as useful as a tool, but doesn’t apply the specific condition about when it becomes useless.
2. This is about tools being valuable, which doesn’t connect back to money.
3. CORRECT. This directly mirrors the analogy: no things to buy → money has no use.
4. This restates part of the analogy but doesn’t complete the reasoning.
5. This is a general statement about value, but doesn’t apply the specific condition about usefulness depending on availability of tasks.