Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: If a park charges more, it might lose some money because fewer people visit, but the park stays in better shape because there are fewer people around to break things.

Conclusion: Increasing user fees can improve park maintenance even if the total revenue collected for that maintenance decreases.

Reasoning: Higher fees lead to fewer visitors, which results in less physical wear and tear on the park facilities.

Analysis: This stimulus presents a trade-off where a reduction in resources is compensated for by a reduction in the problem those resources were meant to solve. To find the matching principle, look for a scenario where a policy's negative side effect—like losing money—is rendered irrelevant by a decrease in demand or damage. The logic hinges on the idea that 'less maintenance needed' is just as good as 'more money for maintenance.' Focus on finding an answer choice that balances a loss of input with a corresponding loss of burden.

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Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle illustrated by the statements above?

Correct Answer
E
E matches the principle point for point: library fees fund book repair; higher fees reduce patrons (less wear), and even though the repair money decreases, the books are in better repair. That’s the same logic as the park case.
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