The fewer restrictions there are on the advertising of legal services

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?
Q.Type: Inference
Solving Strategy: Compare if an answer in 99% True or 100% true.
Obviously Wrong answers are: Restates, extremes.
One tip for such questions: Since these are Inferences they can come from any part of the passage and not just the conclusion.

The fewer restrictions there are on the advertising of legal services, the more lawyers there are who advertise their services, and the lawyers who advertise a specific service usually charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise. Therefore, if the state removes any of its current restrictions, such as the one against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements, overall consumer legal costs will be lower than if the state retains its current restrictions.

Less restriction on Ads for Legal service=more lawyers advertising.
Lawyers advertising specific service charge less than the ones that do not advertise.
Hence, state removes restrictions=legal cost will be lower than if they do not.

(A) Some lawyers who now advertise will charge more for specific services if they do not have to specify fee arrangements in the advertisements.
We cannot say that 100%. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. And maybe is not good enough for us.
(B) More consumers will use legal services if there are fewer restrictions on the advertising of legal services.
This is a different comparison. we do not know whether more consumers will use services, we know that more lawyers will advertise.
(C) If the restriction against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements is removed, more lawyers will advertise their services.
Okay, this seems parallel to what the passage is telling us. Let's keep it.
(D) If more lawyers advertise lower prices for specific services, some lawyers who do not advertise will also charge less than they currently charge for those services.
This looks tempting as that is what does happen in the real world, but we can't take such leaps here since we do not know whether 'lawyers who don't advertise' will change their behaviour.
(E) If the only restrictions on the advertising of legal services were those that apply to every type of advertising, most lawyers would advertise their services.
We don't know what kind of restrictions are on every type of advertising and if implementing those would have a positive or negative effect on lawyers.

With all this in mind. C seems the best answer as it is parallel to the passage and is 100% true

The fewer restrictions there are on the advertising of legal services, the more lawyers there are who advertise their services, and the lawyers who advertise a specific service usually charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise. Therefore, if the state removes any of its current restrictions, such as the one against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements, overall consumer legal costs will be lower than if the state retains its current restrictions.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

For the overall consumer legal costs to decrease, the number of lawyers who lower the price should increase OR the lawyers who already lowered the price should further lower the price.

(C) If the restriction against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements is removed, more lawyers will advertise their services.
- It is given in the passage that “the lawyers who advertise a specific service usually charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise”. So, more lawyers advertise -> more lawyers lower the price.

(D) If more lawyers advertise lower prices for specific services, some lawyers who do not advertise will also charge less than they currently charge for those services.
- we don’t know if this is the case.

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