Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT143 S1 Q1 Explanation

Pundit: Our city made a mistake

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

TopicsNecessary Assumption

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Stimulus

Pundit: Our city made a mistake when it sold a private company the rights to assess and collect parking fees. The private company raised parking fees and so has been able to reap profits far greater than what it paid for the rights to assess and collect the rights, then that money would have gone to the city.

What this question is testing

Necessary Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption the argument requires in order for its conclusion to hold.

Common trap

Answers that would help the argument but aren't strictly required (sufficient, not necessary).

Winning move

Negate each choice — the right one breaks the argument when negated.

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The question
1.

The pundit's argument requires the assumption

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    other private companies would have been willing to pay for the rights to assess and

  2. Correct93% picked this

    the city could have raised parking fees had it not sold

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap3% picked this

    municipal functions like assessing and collecting parking fees should always be handled directly by the

  4. Trap2% picked this

    the revenue from parking fees is not the only factor that cities need to consider in setting the

  5. Trap1% picked this

    private companies assess and collect parking fees more efficiently than

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