LSAT 109 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q3

RC Question 3 Explanation

DISCUSSION: You should be able to eliminate the wrong answers by looking back to the passage.

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1. Lines 4-6 tell us how to figure out per capita GNP: take wealth and divide by population. 
2. Easy: per capita GNP. (Lines 1-3)
3. The passage argues that human indicators give us a better picture of a country’s economic health. So a country with good human indicators (healthy, happy, etc.) might be better off than a country with high GNP.
4. This is the passage’s main argument. Human indicators show different aspect of human well-being that we value, apart from wealth. Who can say they value none of the things mentioned on lines 13-19? 
5. CORRECT. The passage argues against using GNP as a measure. The author has no interest in showing how to improve GNP.