Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT115 S4 Q24 Explanation

A park’s user fees are

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TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

A park’s user fees are employed to maintain the park. When fewer people use the park, it suffers less wear. Thus raising user fees improves park maintenance even if the number of people who stop using the park to reduce the revenues devoted to maintenance.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
24.

Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle illustrated by

Answer choices

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    Road taxes are raised to encourage more people to use mass transit. But since the fee paid by each commuter does not equal the

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    By spending more on zoo maintenance, a city increases the number of zoo patrons. The extra revenue generated by the sale of memorabilia more

  5. Correct84% picked this

    Library fees have been increased to raise money for book repair. Since the library now has fewer patrons, the books are in better repair

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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