LSAT 108 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 108 - Section 3 - Question 05

February 2000

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT108 S3 Q05	+LR	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw	A 93% 166 B 2% 157 C 0% 152 D 4% 160 E 0% 133	124 136 147	+Easier	147.273 +SubsectionMedium

Researchers have developed a membrane that quickly removes the oxygen from a refrigerator, thereby killing bacteria and enabling food to be stored almost indefinitely. Since food need not be kept as cold to prevent spoilage, energy costs will be greatly reduced. Thus, over the long run, oxygen-removing refrigerators will prove far less expensive than current models.

address the expense of building or refitting a refrigerator with the new technology

This is a key possibility that the argument ignores. If these expenses outweigh the money saved from keeping the food in the oxygen-removing refrigerators at a warmer temperature, the oxygen-removing models may not be significantly cheaper than current models in the long term.

address the possibility of consumer discomfort with the new refrigerators

Consumer discomfort with the new refrigerators is irrelevant. The argument is only concerned with how much cheaper the new refrigerators could potentially be than current models.

explain the technology that enabled the oxygen-removing membrane to be developed

The technology doesn’t need to be explained. The author is just making the case that refrigerators fitted with this technology will be cheaper, in the long run, than current refrigerator models.

take into account the effectiveness of current refrigerator technology in preventing food spoilage

It’s not clear that the author doesn’t take this into account, but even if he doesn’t, the effectiveness of current refrigerator technology in preventing food spoilage has no bearing on whether oxygen-removing models will be cheaper in the long term.

take into account the inconvenience caused by food spoilage in current refrigerators

It’s not clear that the author doesn’t take this into account, but even if he doesn’t, the inconvenience caused by food spoilage in current refrigerators has no bearing on whether oxygen-removing models will be cheaper in the long term.

LSAT 108 – Section 3 – Question 05

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