LSAT 104 – Section 1 – Question 06

LSAT 104 - Section 1 - Question 06

December 1998

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Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT104 S1 Q06
+LR
Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Analogy +An
A
0%
173
B
1%
158
C
96%
168
D
0%
152
E
2%
156
126
136
145
 +Easier 149.106 +SubsectionMedium

Frankie: If jelly makers were given incentives to make a certain percentage of their jellies from cloudberries, income for cloudberry gatherers would increase.

Anna: That plan would fail. Cacao, like cloudberries, was once harvested from wild plants. When chocolate became popular in Europe, the cacao gatherers could not supply enough to meet the increased demand, and farmers began to grow large quantities of it at low cost. Now all cacao used in commercial chocolate production is grown on farms. Likewise, if the demand for cloudberries increases, domesticated berries grown on farms will completely supplant berries gathered in the wild.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
Anna concludes if demand for cloudberries increases, then domesticated berries would completely replace wild berries. As evidence, Anna points to what happened in the past with cacao. Cacao was harvested from wild plants until it became popular in Europe. As a result, cacao gatherers could not meet demand and farms began growing large quantities at low cost. Now all cacao used in commercial chocolate production comes from farms, not wild plants.

Describe Method of Reasoning
Anna concludes a cause-and-effect relationship based on what happened in an analogous case. She does this by showing what happened in the past with cacao, and suggests if demand increases for cloudberries in a similar way to cacao the same effect would occur.

A
giving a reason why a proposed course of action would be beneficial to all those affected by it
Anna does not claim Frankie’s proposed course of action would be beneficial to everyone. She believes that Frankie’s proposal would hurt cloudberry gatherers because increased demand would cause the berries to strictly be grown on domestic farms.
B
reinterpreting evidence presented in support of a proposal as a reason to reject the proposal
Anna does not reinterpret any evidence. In fact, Frankie does not provide any evidence for Anna to reinterpret. Anna is the only one who gave evidence in support of her conclusion.
C
projecting the result of following a proposal in a given situation by comparing that situation with a past situation
The past situation being compared is what happened with cacao. The projected result is Anna’s predicted consequence of increasing the demand for cloudberries, resulting in domesticated berries completely replacing wild berries.
D
proposing a general theory as a way of explaining a specific market situation
Anna does not propose a general theory. She cites specific evidence of a past situation in order to make comparisons.
E
contending that the uses for one product are similar to the uses for another product
Anna does not address the subject of use.

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