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ID: LSAT-LR-54
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Assumption
Difficulty level: Easy

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Economist: Some critics argue that deliberately over-booking airline flights—selling more seats than an aircraft actually has—is unethical. But the practice should be considered acceptable. On those few occasions when every ticketed passenger shows up, regulations require airlines to offer generous compensation to any volunteers who give up their seats. Because that compensation makes the volunteers at least as well off as if they had travelled, no traveler is ultimately harmed by over-booking.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the economist's argument depends?

AAirlines could not fill all their flights without routinely over-booking.

BPassengers who volunteer to be bumped always receive compensation that fully offsets any inconvenience to them.

CThe only factor relevant to judging whether an airline practice is acceptable is whether any passengers end up worse off.

DMost passengers prefer lower ticket prices to ironclad guarantees that they will fly on the exact flight they book.

EIf compensation rules were abolished, airlines would immediately reduce or eliminate their over-booking practices.

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