City leader: If our city adopts the new tourism plan, the amount o

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City leader: If our city adopts the new tourism plan, the amount of money that tourists spend here annually will increase by at least $2 billion, creating as many jobs as a new automobile manufacturing plant would. It would be reasonable for the city to spend the amount of money necessary to convince an automobile manufacturer to build a plant here, but adopting the tourism plan would cost less
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The city leader's statements, if true, provide the most support for which one of the following?

(A)  The city should implement the least expensive job creation measures available.

(B)  In general, it is reasonable for the city to spend money to try to convince manufacturing companies to build plants in the city.
  
(C)  The city cannot afford both to spend money to convince an automobile manufacturer to build a plant in the city and to adopt the new tourism plan.

(D)  It would be reasonable for the city to adopt the new tourism plan.

(E)  The only way the city can create jobs is by increasing tourism

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vineethk929 · Answer

B D n E are completly out...c is more general..i choose A..

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Kumar Utkarsh · Answer

Can someone explain the difference btw A and D?
I choose A.

mgcon · Answer

Premise: If city ups it tourism game, it will not require to convince an automobile plant & still give as much revenue. Now lets go through the answer choices & eliminate choices that are not a direct inference via POE:

(A) The city should implement the least expensive job creation measures available.   - not really. this is too strong and the leader does not explicitly mention that they need to implement the least expensive measure

(B) In general, it is reasonable for the city to spend money to try to convince manufacturing companies to build plants in the city.  - out of scope.

(C) The city cannot afford both to spend money to convince an automobile manufacturer to build a plant in the city and to adopt the new tourism plan.   - a very very tempting choice. But again, the money has never been an issue in this city as per the stem. So we will have to keep it aside for now

(D) It would be reasonable for the city to adopt the new tourism plan.   - Exactly what the leader is trying to support. Let me quote the leader here "It would be reasonable for the city to spend the amount of money necessary to convince an automobile manufacturer to build a plant here, but adopting the tourism plan would cost less"

(E) The only way the city can create jobs is by increasing tourism  - too strong. Honestly, I did not even read this option since I was convinced with D.

chirag1995 · Answer

A - The claim to adopt the least expensive job creation measures is too bold. The city leader only speaks about two prospects of job creation - tourism and auto manufacturing, so we can't definitely assume that either of the two are the  least  expensive.

D - This is almost exactly what the leader is claiming. Given the two possible avenues for job creation, the tourism plan would be a cheaper option and hence the most reasonable in this case.

Hope it helps!

tinbq · Answer

Hi experts,

Would you please help to explain why each choice is right or wrong. Thank you.

AndrewN · Answer

Sure,  tinbq , I would be happy to oblige. You have to be careful on CR or LSAT LR questions not to jump to conclusions. How about we take a look at the passage?

Notice that the first line presents a conditional statement: if X, then Y. X stands for adopting  the new tourism plan , Y an  increase  in tourist dollars spent within the city. The modifier adds another benefit: creating jobs.

The second line follows an  although  line of thought: although  it would be reasonable  for the city to get  a new automobile manufacturing plant , the city would save money by  adopting the tourism plan .

As long as we stick to these statements, we cannot go wrong.

I say this all the time, but be wary of superlatives, words ending in -st. They tend to overstate the case. If I tell you that a Tesla automobile costs  more than  a similar Toyota, can you conclude that the Tesla is the  most  expensive auto? Of course not. Likewise, in the passage, we see a comparison between two possible ways for the city to spend money in pursuit of a plan (to generate revenue). We have no idea what  the least expensive job creation measures  may be, or whether they are worth pursuing. (They might not lead to much in the way of employment opportunities.)

This one can be tricky if you are in a hurry. The language sounds right, mimicking that of the passage. But we get a sense that the moment to make a decision is  now . The city needs to select plan A or plan B, and the decision should be made soon. We do not know whether the city has money lying around  in general  to throw at  manufacturing companies .  Notice, too, that the passage discusses  automobile manufacturing  specifically. This answer choice broadens the group to any manufacturing companies. With both considerations in mind, we should look for a safer option.

Simply put, we do not know. Maybe some sort of a compromise could be struck between the two plans. However, the city leader seems to prefer one of those ways over the other, based on  cost . Since the passage never indicates that the two paths are mutually exclusive, we should not assume as much.

Yes. If the less favored plan to attract automobile manufacturers to the city is described as  reasonable , then we can safely say that the city leader would also apply the label to the new tourism plan. The first line of the passage gives us no reason to doubt that the city leader feels as if the new tourism plan would be beneficial, generating an increased annual revenue and also  creating as many jobs as a new automobile manufacturing plant would .

Well, if we completely ignore the modifier in the first line, which I just quoted above, then this can look decent, but  only way  is patently false, not to mention extreme. This should be an easy elimination.

I had fun with this one. Perhaps it makes more sense now. Thank you for calling my attention to the question, and good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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