LSAT 5 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q25

LR Question 25 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Situation: In the island nation of Bezun, the government…

QUESTION TYPE: Parallel Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The two objectives work against each other.

REASONING: The aim of the first policy is to reduce gas usage. If they do that, they will have less gas to tax. Revenues from the gas tax will be down. This will leave less money to subsidize electricity.

ANALYSIS: We need to look for a situation where there are two conflicting objectives.

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1. These two objectives only seem conflicting. There will be lower revenues if people don’t keep many books overdue. But there will also be less need to send out overdue notices.
2. These objectives work together. If there were no overnight deliveries there would be no expenses to pay.
3. Here there is no second objective. Even if there are no visitors there will be no projects harmed by the revenue shortfall.
4. This is compatible. The service charge is simply replacing an expense customers already paid: tips.
5. CORRECT. If the highway administration was totally successful then nobody would take the old bridge (if the fee were high enough.) But then there would be no money to spend on a new bridge.

Recap: The question begins with “Situation: In the island nation of Bezun, the government”. It is a Parallel Reasoning question. Learn how to master LSAT Parallel questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.