LSAT 114 – Section 2 – Question 10

LSAT 114 - Section 2 - Question 10

October 2002

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT114 S2 Q10
+LR
+Exp
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
17%
163
B
1%
159
C
3%
157
D
72%
167
E
7%
158
141
154
166
 +Harder 145.502 +SubsectionMedium

It is wrong to waste our natural resources, and it is an incredible waste of resources to burn huge amounts of trash in incinerators. When trash is recycled, fewer resources are wasted. Because less trash will be recycled if an incinerator is built, the city should not build an incinerator.

Summary
Wasting natural resources is wrong.
Burning huge amounts of trash in incinerators is a waste of natural resources.
Recycling trash wastes fewer resources than burning it in incinerators.
If an incinerator is built, less trash will be recycled.
The city shouldn’t build an incinerator.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
The city should not take an action that is wrong.
The city should not take an action that will inhibit a reduction in resource waste.
If the city is burning huge amounts of trash in an incinerator, the city is wasting resources.

A
All of the city’s trash that is not recycled goes into incinerators.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t suggest that the only disposal options are recycling and incineration. It’s true that building an incinerator leads to less recycling, but there might also be more methods! Maybe some trash goes landfills and the rest is either burnt or recycled.
B
By recycling more trash, the city can stop wasting resources entirely.
Unsupported. “Recycling more trash” doesn’t necessarily mean recycling all trash—huge amounts could still be burnt! Also, recycling might still waste resources, albeit fewer. Finally, the city might be wasting resources in other ways, too, and recycling trash wouldn’t stop that.
C
The most effective way to conserve resources is to recycle trash.
Unsupported. We know that recycling trash helps conserve resources, but we don’t know that this is the most effective way to do so.
D
If the city is to avoid wasting resources, huge amounts of trash cannot be burned in any city incinerator.
Very strongly supported. Burning huge amounts of trash in incinerators wastes resources, so as long as the city is doing that, it is wasting resources. If the city were to avoid wasting resources, it would need to stop burning huge amounts of trash in incinerators!
E
If the city does not burn trash, it will not waste resources.
Unsupported. The city might be wasting resources in other ways! Maybe the city has a policy of leaving lights on in government buildings, or uses wasteful water distribution plans, or engages in any number of other wasteful practices!

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