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ID: LSAT-LR-47
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Flaw in the Reasoning
Difficulty level: Hard

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Mayor: A citizens' group has petitioned city council to cancel the annual downtown fireworks display, claiming the event's smoke worsens local residents' respiratory problems. But we can safely ignore that complaint. Nearly all the signatures were collected by owners of suburban amusement parks who want people to spend the holiday at their facilities instead of coming downtown.

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the mayor's reasoning?

AThe argument attacks the motives of those advancing a claim instead of addressing whether the claim itself is accurate.

BThe argument misstates an opposing position and then refutes that distorted version.

CThe argument concludes that a particular cause produced an effect merely because the two coincided once.

DThe argument infers that a proposal will have no benefits because it may also produce some harms.

EThe argument assumes, without evidence, that what is true of some members of a group must be true of all members of that group.

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