LSAT 113 – Section 3 – Question 15

LSAT 113 - Section 3 - Question 15

June 2002

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT113 S3 Q15
+LR
+Exp
Must be false +MBF
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Math +Math
A
70%
168
B
8%
162
C
9%
158
D
5%
159
E
8%
160
150
158
166
 +Harder 146.265 +SubsectionMedium

For a ten-month period, the total monthly sales of new cars within the country of Calistan remained constant. During this period the monthly sales of new cars manufactured by Marvel Automobile Company doubled, and its share of the new car market within Calistan increased correspondingly. At the end of this period, emission standards were imposed on new cars sold within Calistan. During the three months following this imposition, Marvel Automobile Company’s share of the Calistan market declined substantially even though its monthly sales within Calistan remained constant at the level reached in the last month of the ten-month period.

Summary
For ten months, the total monthly sales of new cars within Calistan remained constant. During this period the monthly sales of new cars manufactured by Marvel Automobile Company doubled, and its share of the new car market increased. Emission standards were imposed on new cars at the end of the ten month period. For three months following this imposition, Marvel Automobile Company’s share of the market declined even though its monthly sales remained constant at the level reached in the last month of the ten-month period.

Notable Valid Inferences
Total monthly sales of new cars manufactured by companies other than Marvel Automobile Company decreased following Calistan’s new emission standards.

A
The total monthly sales within Calistan of new cars by companies other than Marvel Automobile Company decreased over the three months following the imposition of the emission standards.
Must be false. We know that Marvel’s sales remained constant while their market share decreased following the emission standards. If sales from other companies decreased during this time, there’s no way that Marvel’s market share could have decreased.
B
Over the three months before the imposition of the emission standards, the combined market share of companies other than Marvel Automobile Company selling new cars in Calistan decreased.
Could be true. We know that Marvel’s market share doubled during the ten-month period before the emission standards were imposed. It is possible that during this time other company’s market share decreased.
C
If the emission standards had not been imposed, Marvel Automobile Company would have lost an even larger share of the number of new cars sold in Calistan than, in fact, it did.
Could be true. We only know what happened following Calistan’s imposition of emission standards. We cannot be certain about would occur without these emission standards.
D
A decrease in the total monthly sales of new cars within Calistan will occur if the emission standards remain in effect.
Could be true. We know that marvel’s monthly sales of new cars remained constant following the emission standards. It is possible that total monthly sales of the entire new car market will decrease if other company’s monthly sales decrease.
E
Since the imposition of the emission standards, Marvel Automobile Company’s average profit on each new car sold within Calistan has increased.
Could be true. We know that Marvel’s monthly sales remained constant following the emission standards. It is possible that they are selling new cars at an increased price to maintain their monthly sales numbers.

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