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If you have a large amount of money in the bank, your spending power is great. If your spending power is great, you are happy. So if you have a large amount of money in the bank, you are happy.
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the argument above?
(A) If you have good health, you can earn a lot. If you can earn a lot, you can buy an expensive house. So if you have good health, you can have a comfortable life.
(B) If you drink too much alcohol, you will feel sick. If you drink too much alcohol, you will have no money left. So if you have no money left, you will feel sick.
(C) If you swim energetically, your heart rate increases. If your heart rate increases, you are overexcited. So if you swim energetically, you are overexcited.
(D) If you take a great deal of exercise, you are physically fit. If you take a great deal of exercise, you are exhausted. So if you are physically fit, you are exhausted.
(E) If you have a large amount of money in the bank, you are confident about the future. If you are optimistic by nature, you are confident about the future. So if you have a large amount of money in the bank, you are optimistic by nature.
Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the argument above?
(A) If you have good health, you can earn a lot. If you can earn a lot, you can buy an expensive house. So if you have good health, you can have a comfortable life.
(B) If you drink too much alcohol, you will feel sick. If you drink too much alcohol, you will have no money left. So if you have no money left, you will feel sick.
(C) If you swim energetically, your heart rate increases. If your heart rate increases, you are overexcited. So if you swim energetically, you are overexcited.
(D) If you take a great deal of exercise, you are physically fit. If you take a great deal of exercise, you are exhausted. So if you are physically fit, you are exhausted.
(E) If you have a large amount of money in the bank, you are confident about the future. If you are optimistic by nature, you are confident about the future. So if you have a large amount of money in the bank, you are optimistic by nature.
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The argument follows A -> B, B ->C, so A-> C. We have to find a similar logical relationship between the cause and effect mentioned in the answer choices.
If you look at the answer choices, only C correctly represents the cause and effect relationship as mentioned in the argument. All the other choices are either half correct or displaces relationships.
If you look at the answer choices, only C correctly represents the cause and effect relationship as mentioned in the argument. All the other choices are either half correct or displaces relationships.
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Explanation
This stimulus presents a fairly simple, valid conditional argument:
Premises: If you have a lot of money in the bank, your spending power is great, and if your spending power is great, then you are happy:
Lot of $ → great spending power → happy
Conclusion: If you have a lot of money in the bank, you are happy:
Lot of $ → happy
Based on the two diagrams above, we can see that the conclusion is valid, and the correct answer choice should reflect similar argumentation (A→B→C, therefore, A → C).
Answer choice (A): While this answer choice begins along the right lines, the new condition, "comfortable life," means that this answer choice is invalid, and fails to parallel the argumentation in the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): As with incorrect answer choice above, the argumentation here is invalid—this choice incorrectly links two necessary conditions—so this answer choice cannot parallel the argument in the stimulus and cannot be correct.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, and can be diagrammed as follows:
Premises: Swim energetically → heart rate increases → overexcited
Conclusion: Therefore, Swim energetically → overexcited
As we can see from the diagrams above, this conclusion is valid, and it parallels the author's argumentation found in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice parallels the invalid reasoning found in answer choice (B) above, unjustifiably linking two necessary conditions, so this answer choice cannot parallel the valid reasoning in the stimulus.
Answer choice (E): We should know immediately to beware of this answer choice, because it deals with similar-sounding conditions—a common component of attractive wrong answer choices on the LSAT. While it deals with the topic of money in the bank, it reflects flawed reasoning, in this case incorrectly linking the two sufficient conditions of "large amount of money," and "optimistic by nature."
The correct answer choice is (C)
This stimulus presents a fairly simple, valid conditional argument:
Premises: If you have a lot of money in the bank, your spending power is great, and if your spending power is great, then you are happy:
Lot of $ → great spending power → happy
Conclusion: If you have a lot of money in the bank, you are happy:
Lot of $ → happy
Based on the two diagrams above, we can see that the conclusion is valid, and the correct answer choice should reflect similar argumentation (A→B→C, therefore, A → C).
Answer choice (A): While this answer choice begins along the right lines, the new condition, "comfortable life," means that this answer choice is invalid, and fails to parallel the argumentation in the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): As with incorrect answer choice above, the argumentation here is invalid—this choice incorrectly links two necessary conditions—so this answer choice cannot parallel the argument in the stimulus and cannot be correct.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice, and can be diagrammed as follows:
Premises: Swim energetically → heart rate increases → overexcited
Conclusion: Therefore, Swim energetically → overexcited
As we can see from the diagrams above, this conclusion is valid, and it parallels the author's argumentation found in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice parallels the invalid reasoning found in answer choice (B) above, unjustifiably linking two necessary conditions, so this answer choice cannot parallel the valid reasoning in the stimulus.
Answer choice (E): We should know immediately to beware of this answer choice, because it deals with similar-sounding conditions—a common component of attractive wrong answer choices on the LSAT. While it deals with the topic of money in the bank, it reflects flawed reasoning, in this case incorrectly linking the two sufficient conditions of "large amount of money," and "optimistic by nature."
The correct answer choice is (C)
