LSAT 34, Logical Reasoning II, Q18, LSATHacks

LR Question 18 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: A person is more likely to become disabled as that…

QUESTION TYPE: Weaken 

ARGUMENT: The older a person, the more likely they are to be disabled. In East Wendell fewer old people get disability benefits compared to younger people. The explanation is that the percentage of jobs offering a disability benefit has increased recently. 

ANALYSIS: There isn’t really any reasoning given in favor of the solution. On these sorts of questions we simply have to look for an alternate explanation to explain the facts. 

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1. This is sort of vague. How long ago did this improvement start? How big is the impact: are the people still disabled? Does it change overall population disability rates? Without more precise info we can’t use this to weaken or strengthen the argument. It’s useless.
2. This is also very vague. Some could be 1-3% of people. We need detail to weaken an argument.
3. Great! When did this happen? How much longer do we live? Does it affect disability rates? This doesn’t let us do anything.
4. This tells us how much money people get. We’re interested in the percentage of people receiving money.
5. CORRECT. This is a strong alternate explanation. Most disability plans simply stop at age 65. That explains why fewer people in the older age groups have disability plans. 

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