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ID: LSAT-LR-28
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Find the flaw in the Argument
Difficulty level: Medium

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City Mayor: Air pollution has declined significantly since the beginning of this year when the plying of fossil-fuel powered cars that were older than five years on city roads was banned. Therefore, if we ban the plying of all fossil-fuel powered cars on city roads, air pollution will end in the city.

The city mayor's argument is flawed in that it

Atakes for granted that all cars in the city are fossil-fuel powered

Brelies on statistical claims that are likely to be unreliable

Cfails to consider that there may be other significant sources of air pollution in the city

Dfails to consider that citizen protests may force the council to withdraw the proposed ban on all fossil-fuel powered cars

Emistakenly reverses the cause and the effect relationship between two phenomena