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LSAT problem example 1: water pollution
Here is an example of a good LSAT question to attempt while studying for the GMAT. You can use regular GMAT strategies to address this problem. (Explanation and Official Answer to follow in a later post).
"7. Studies indicate that the rate at which water pollution is increasing is leveling off: the amount of water pollution caused this year is almost identical to the amount caused last year. If this trend continues the water pollution problem will no longer be getting more serious.
The reasoning is questionable because it ignores the possibility that:
A) some types of water pollution have no noticeable effect on organisms that use the water.
B) the types of water pollution caused this year are less dangerous than those caused last year.
C) the leveling off trend of water pollution will not continue.
D) air and soil pollution are becoming more serious.
E) the effects of water pollution are cumulative.
Source: Official LSAT from October 1997, question 7 of section 3. Question found in "10 More Actual , Official PrepTests" copyright Law School Admissions Council, 2007, page 165.
Here is an example of a good LSAT question to attempt while studying for the GMAT. You can use regular GMAT strategies to address this problem. (Explanation and Official Answer to follow in a later post).
"7. Studies indicate that the rate at which water pollution is increasing is leveling off: the amount of water pollution caused this year is almost identical to the amount caused last year. If this trend continues the water pollution problem will no longer be getting more serious.
The reasoning is questionable because it ignores the possibility that:
A) some types of water pollution have no noticeable effect on organisms that use the water.
B) the types of water pollution caused this year are less dangerous than those caused last year.
C) the leveling off trend of water pollution will not continue.
D) air and soil pollution are becoming more serious.
E) the effects of water pollution are cumulative.
Source: Official LSAT from October 1997, question 7 of section 3. Question found in "10 More Actual , Official PrepTests" copyright Law School Admissions Council, 2007, page 165.
