LSAT 34, Logical Reasoning I, Q8, LSATHacks

LR Question 8 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Conservationist: The risk to airplane passengers from collisions…

QUESTION TYPE: Method of Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The pilot concludes that the conservationist is being misleading.

REASONING: Most of the collisions have happened in the past couple of years. And the number of birds is increasing steadily. 

ANALYSIS: The pilot makes a good point. His method of argument is to provide context. The recent increase in collisions sounds worrisome. Now the conservationist’s argument seems misleading.

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1. CORRECT. The pilot added context. The conservationist should have mentioned that the number of collisions has increased markedly in the past couple of years. 
2. The pilot didn’t say why he thought the conservationist was being misleading.
3. The pilot is talking about this particular situation involving bird collisions. He isn’t making a statement about whether all situations, everywhere, always become more dangerous. That’s sort of extreme.
4. The pilot only made a comment about the effects of the wildlife reserve. He didn’t mention its morality or why it existed.
5. The pilot agrees that the figures were accurate. But he thinks that the way the conservationist presented them was misleading. 

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