October 2010 LSAT Section 1 Question 13

Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen Lessing's contention that a painting can display aesthetic...

Jasmine1 on October 31, 2021

Question 5

I do not understand why answer choice B is correct. When I read it, I think if you smoke in bed then fall asleep would be an explanation why there’s not comparable decline because they were asleep meaning they could be killed. Can you explain further. Thanks

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Jay-Etter on January 23, 2022

Hi Jasmine, you're on the right track here. If home fires cause by smoking in bed often happen after they fall asleep, then it's more likely they would kill someone because they are asleep and not able to do anything about the fire. Note however that we're looking for which explains the discrepancy EXCEPT, and the discrepancy is that smoking in bed is the main cause of fires, and smoking has declined but the number of people killed hasn't changed.

Option B wouldn't help to explain this discrepancy because it doesn't help to understand why less people have been killed, when this would probably make fires by smoking in bed more deadly. That's why option B is correct.

talir97@hotmail.com on August 30, 2022

Hello, I had the same question as I thought the correct answer would be A. I also read the question as stating that there has NOT been a decrease in deaths related to fires. Did I misread the question?

Emil-Kunkin on December 23, 2022

You read it right, there has not been a decline in the numbers of deaths. A does actually help to resolve the paradox, it gives us reason to think that cigarette fires are less damaging than other types. If this is true, then reducing the number of the less damaging kind is unlikely to lead to a major decline in deaths, which are caused by more severe fires. So, A does help resolve the paradox.