easy · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A company's annual report states that the average employee salary rose by ten percent over the past year. The report concludes that every employee is therefore earning more than they did the year before.
The reasoning in the report is flawed because it
- overlooks that an average can climb even while many individuals' pay stays flat or falls, provided a few large raises pull the mean upward
- does not say whether the ten percent figure is measured before or after taxes
- fails to account for any change in the total number of people the company employs
- assumes that salary is the only thing that motivates the company's employees
- treats a rise in average salary as proof that the company's profits also rose
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