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ID: LSAT-LR-26
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Resolve the Paradox
Difficulty level: Challenging

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Most experts agree that strict adherence to the hurricane preparedness protocol by states that are prone to hurricanes reduces the death toll from hurricanes. However, in the state of Scalex, the death toll from a hurricane that came in 2010, when the state did not adhere to this protocol, was only 25, while the death toll from a hurricane that came in 2018, when the state strictly adhered to this protocol, was 53.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the experts’ belief with the apparently contradictory evidence described above?

AThe death toll in the state of Scalex from a hurricane in the year 2012, when the state had partially adhered to the hurricane preparedness protocol, was 40.

BThe death toll from hurricanes is directly proportional to the intensity of the hurricanes, and the intensity of the hurricane that came in the state of Scalex in 2018 was five times that of the hurricane that came in the state in 2010.

CImplementation of the hurricane preparedness protocol ensures the rapid evacuation of people from areas that are likely to be affected by the hurricane.

DPsychological studies show that the adoption of the hurricane preparedness protocol by a state lulls many residents into a false sense of security, due to which they do not strictly adhere to the individual safety measures prescribed by the protocol.

EThe population of the state of Scalex increased by 10 percent between the years 2010 and 2018.