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ID: LSAT-LR-045
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Parallel flaw in the argument
Difficulty level: Easy

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Villages that still have a working post office hold more community events each year than villages that have lost theirs. Reopening a village's post office would therefore give it more community events.

The flawed reasoning above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

AVillages with a working post office hold more community events each year than villages without one. So a village that holds a great many events probably still has its post office.

BFirms that have a staff canteen keep their employees longer than firms that have none. So a firm that has kept its employees for a long time probably has a canteen on its premises.

CFirms that have a staff canteen keep their employees longer than firms that have none. This firm has no canteen, so its employees will not stay with it for long.

DFirms with a staff canteen keep employees longer than firms without one. Opening a canteen would therefore make a firm's employees stay longer.

EFirms with a staff canteen keep employees longer. This firm has a canteen, so its employees will stay a long time.

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