LSAT 122 – Section 1 – Question 18

LSAT 122 - Section 1 - Question 18

June 2006

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
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PT122 S1 Q18
+LR
+Exp
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
A
4%
157
B
4%
155
C
1%
154
D
13%
156
E
78%
164
139
149
159
 +Medium 146.495 +SubsectionMedium

Health officials now recommend that people reduce their intake of foods that are high in cholesterol, such as red meat. The recent decline in the total consumption of beef indicates that many people are following this recommendation. But restaurants specializing in steak are flourishing despite an overall decline in the restaurant industry. So clearly there still are a lot of people completely ignoring the health recommendation.

A
It neglects to consider whether restaurants that specialize in steak try to attract customers by offering steak dinners at low prices.

It doesn’t matter how steak restaurants attract customers. Like (C), the author doesn’t need to explain why steak restaurants are flourishing. Instead, she needs to explain why the flourishing of these restaurants proves that many people are ignoring the health recommendation.

B
It assumes without warrant that people who eat steak at steak restaurants do not need to reduce their intake of foods that are high in cholesterol.

If anything, the author assumes that people who eat steak do need to follow the advice to reduce high-cholesterol food. People with low cholesterol might be intentionally eating steak, but (B) doesn’t make this attack. Either way, they would still be ignoring the recommendation.

C
It presupposes that the popularity of restaurants that specialize in steaks is a result of a decrease in the price of beef.

The author doesn’t assume that beef prices dropped or that this caused steak restaurants to be popular. Like (A), she doesn't need to explain why these restaurants are thriving. Instead, she needs to explain how their success shows that many people are ignoring the health advice.

D
It mistakes the correlation of the decline in beef consumption and the decline in the restaurant industry for a causal relation.

The author never assumes that the decline in beef consumption caused the decline in the restaurant industry or vice versa.

E
It fails to consider whether the people who patronize steak restaurants have heeded the health officials by reducing their cholesterol intake in their at-home diets.

The author draws a conclusion about overall eating habits from one instance of eating high-cholesterol food. She assumes that since people go to steak restaurants, they’re ignoring the advice to avoid high-cholesterol food. But they might follow that advice in their other meals.

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