Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT120 S1 Q11 Explanation

In contemplating major purchases, businesses

A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

TopicsStrengthen

Keep going in LSAT Lab

  • Save & drill this skill — build targeted practice sets from questions like this one

  • Video walkthroughs — watch every question solved step by step

  • 81 official LSATs — as questions, timed sections & full-length tests

Start practicing free

Free to start

Full official LSAT questions are available through LawHub. This page provides LSAT Lab's explanation, strategy, and review tools without republishing the full official question.

Stimulus

In contemplating major purchases, businesses often consider only whether there is enough money left from monthly revenues after paying monthly expenses to cover the cost of the purchase. But many expenses do not occur monthly; taking into account only monthly expenses can cause a cash-flow statement is critical for all businesses.

What this question is testing

Strengthen

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

Reading along? Open the full official question in LawHub — we show a fragment here and keep the reasoning in our own words.

The question
11.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens

Answer choices

  1. Weaker Impact3% picked this

    Only a cash-flow statement can accurately document all

    This does make cash-flow statements sound uniquely good at something, but the argument was stressing the need to document non-monthly expenses, and this answer doesn't tell us that a cash flow statement can do that.

  2. Weaker Impact4% picked this

    Any business that has overexpanded can benefit from the use of

    This states that cash flow statements benefit some businesses, which does little to enhance the claim that they're critical for all businesses.

  3. No Impact1% picked this

    When a business documents only monthly expenses it also documents only

    This doesn't tell us anything about cash flow statements, so it does nothing to support the idea that they're critical for all businesses.

  4. Correct78% picked this

    A cash-flow statement is the only way to track both monthly expenses and expenses that

    Why this is right

    This states that cash flow statements are the only way to track both monthly and non-monthly expenses, arguing for their necessity in preventing over-expansion and supporting their critical role for all businesses.

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

  5. No Impact13% picked this

    When a business takes into account all expenses, not just monthly ones, it can

    This doesn't tell us anything about cash flow statements, so it does nothing to support the idea that they're critical for all businesses.

Continue the review in LSAT Lab

Save this question, watch the video walkthrough, and drill similar questions in your LSAT Lab account.

Save and practice this skill
LSAT Lab

Turn this review into a targeted study plan.

Save this question, drill more like it, watch the video walkthrough, and track your progress in your LSAT Lab account.

Start practicing free