LSAT 156 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q3

LR Question 3 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: James: The world is increasingly divided between the …

QUESTION TYPE: Point at Issue

ANALYSIS: Start by isolating each person’s position.

James says:

computer literacy is becoming more important
that will widen the economic gap

Ariel responds directly to that. She says companies will train workers, which will reduce the divide in computer literacy. Then she explicitly concludes: computer literacy will not be what widens the economic gap.

So they’re not arguing about whether the gap exists or whether literacy matters. They’re arguing about the effect of computer literacy on the economic gap.

That’s the point of disagreement: does increasing importance of computer literacy make inequality worse?

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1. Both seem to think the gap could widen—they’re not clearly disagreeing about that in general.
2. Only James talks about the current cause of the division. Ariel doesn’t address it.
3. Ariel assumes this is true, and James doesn’t deny it—no disagreement.
4. CORRECT. James says computer literacy will widen the gap; Ariel says it won’t.
5. Ariel says companies will train workers, and James doesn’t deny it—so no clear disagreement.