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October 1991 LSAT Section 4 Question 24

In opposing the 1970 Clean Air Act, the United States automobile industry argued that meeting the act's standards for...

burdal on March 23, 2023

E?

Why not E?

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Emil-Kunkin on March 23, 2023

Hi, the argument is that carmakers cannot be correct they cannot meet the new requirements since they were able to innovate their way out of similar requirements in the past. This is an argument by analogy, the author is saying that since they succeeded in a similar situation they will succeed in this one. The argument is not offering direct evidence that they will succeed, only showing that they succeeded in a past similar scenario.