QUESTION TEXT: Advertisement: GreenBank gives all of its customers…
QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning
CONCLUSION: TekBank is more expensive than GreenBank.
REASONING: GreenBank has free ATMs. TekBank charges for its ATMs.
ANALYSIS: You’re allowed to use common sense to form hypotheses on the LSAT. You know from your everyday life that banks have many fees. ATM fees are just a small part of the costs of having an account.
So TekBank could be cheaper than GreenBank if TekBank has no monthly fees, no overdraft fees, etc.
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- This is not a flaw (in this case)! The conclusion is only about an economic factor (cost), so it’s appropriate for the evidence to only involve economic factors.
Example of flaw: GreenBank will make you happy, because GreenBank is inexpensive. - This didn’t happen.
Example of flaw: GreenBank is better. A teller at a Chicago branch of TekBank insulted me once, three years ago! - CORRECT. Here we go. To make a proper comparison, we’d have to know that GreenBank was at least as affordable as TekBank in other respects as well, such as monthly fees.
- This is a different flaw.
Example of flaw: Overall, GreenBank is a friendly bank to deal with. So this particular GreenBank teller, Grumpy Bob, is surely friendly. - This is a different flaw.
Example of flaw: There is no evidence that TekBank offers better interest rates than GreenBank. So it must not be true that TekBank offers better interest rates.
Recap: The question begins with “Advertisement: GreenBank gives all of its customers”. It is a Flawed Reasoning question. To practice more Flawed Reasoning questions, have a look at the LSAT Questions by Type page.
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