medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A weather forecasting service upgraded its technology to the most advanced satellite system available. While its forecasts for temperature became more accurate, more people were caught in the rain without umbrellas than before the upgrade.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the paradox?
- Umbrellas come in many different sizes, ranging from small collapsible models to large golf umbrellas.
- Satellites orbiting the Earth provide data to many different meteorological organizations.
- Many people check the weather on their smartphones before leaving their homes in the morning.
- The new system was tuned almost entirely to temperature and forecast rainfall far less accurately than the equipment it replaced.
- The new satellite system was so advanced that it could pinpoint the temperature of any location to within a tenth of a degree.
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