Logical Reasoning · Strengthen
PrepTest 113 · Section 3 · Question 5
Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.
Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first
- “even so”
- “still”
- “so”
Playground logic
The fair committee raises booth rent but claims vendors will still profit, so booths will sell as fast as last year. The missing support is that the crowd the vendors sell to is growing fast.
Step 2 · The kid story
The Booth Rent Bump
The school fair committee posted a notice: booth rent for the spring fair will go up by about a tenth. Owen, the committee president, said, "Don't worry. Vendors will still make money, so booths will fill up just as fast as last year."
Nadia ran a cookie booth last year. "Why would I still make money if rent goes up?"
Owen paused. He had not thought about that.
Priya flipped through the sign-in sheets. "Look at this. Visitors to the fair have been growing every month this year, fast. More visitors means more cookie buyers. That could easily cover a bigger rent."
Owen grinned. "See? That's what I meant."
Lulu wrote: Strengthen. Show the thing you pay for is getting more valuable.
Step 3 · Try the model question
Booth rent at the school fair will rise by about a tenth this spring. Even so, vendors will keep making money at the fair, so booths will be no harder to rent out than last year.
Which one of the following, assuming it is accurate, gives the most help to the argument?
Step 4 · The courtroom tale
The Case of the Pricier Pier
A harbor raised its dock fees for fishing boats. A boat captain sued, saying captains would stop renting slips. The harbor's lawyer, Mr. Whitfield, stood up. "Your Honor, fees went up, but captains will still profit, so slips will rent as easily as ever." The judge frowned. "Why would they still profit?" Mr. Whitfield called a marine counter to the stand. "Fish counts near this harbor have been climbing fast every season," she testified. "Each trip brings home more fish than before." The judge nodded. "Bigger catches can cover bigger fees. That backs up your claim." The captain grumbled, then quietly signed up for a slip.
Step 5 · Work the real question
Open PrepTest 113, Section 3, Question 5 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.
Your answer
How to apply it
Spot the price increase and the claim that buyers will still profit and keep buying. Ask: what would make the purchase worth more, enough to cover the higher price? Scan for a choice that shows the value of what is bought is growing. Reject choices that change unrelated rules, shift who is buying, or raise the buyers' own costs, since those either miss the gap or hurt the argument.