medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Average household income in Greenville has risen steadily for the past five years. Therefore, most families in Greenville are better off financially than they were five years ago.
The argument's reasoning is questionable because it
- infers that a gain registered by an aggregate average must reflect a gain experienced by the bulk of the individual households composing it.
- treats how comfortably a family lives as a matter settled entirely by the size of its income.
- draws a firm prediction about the financial future of Greenville families from a record of past income trends.
- neglects to identify the precise dollar figure by which the average household income has climbed.
- overlooks the possibility that the cost of living in Greenville rose faster than incomes did.
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