LSAT 121 – Section 1 – Question 02
LSAT 121 - Section 1 - Question 02
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| Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Part v. Whole +PvW | A
0%
148
B
0%
154
C
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151
D
99%
163
E
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167
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120 126 133 |
+Easiest | 145.604 +SubsectionMedium |
Summarize Argument
The executive concludes that his company is unlikely to sell 100,000 books this year. Why? Because none of their individual titles will sell 100,00 copies.
Identify and Describe Flaw
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of confusing a part with the whole. Even if none of the 12 titles individually sells 100,000 copies, their combined sales could easily exceed 100,000. (If, for example, they sold 10,000 copies each.)
A
the publishing company will sell considerably fewer than 100,000 copies of the novel
Poor sales of the novel would support the executive’s conclusion that the company won’t sell 100,000 books, so this can’t be the flaw.
B
the publishing company will not make a profit even if it sells more than 100,000 books
The conclusion is about whether the company will sell 100,000 books, not whether it will be profitable, so this is irrelevant.
C
what is true of the overall profitability of a publishing company is not true of its profitability in a particular year
The conclusion is about whether the company will sell 100,000 books, not whether it will be profitable, so this is irrelevant.
D
what is true of the sales prospects of the publishing company’s individual titles is not true of the sales prospects of the group of titles as a whole
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of confusing a part with the whole. The executive does this by failing to realize that the combined sales of all titles could reach 100,000, even if none do so individually.
E
the publishing company will sell even fewer books if it does not advertise its books efficiently
Selling even fewer books would support the executive’s conclusion that the company won’t reach its goal, so this can’t be the flaw.
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LSAT PrepTest 121 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
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