LSAT 137 – Section 3 – Question 12

LSAT 137 - Section 3 - Question 12

October 2012

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT137 S3 Q12
+LR
+Exp
Inference +Inf
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Net Effect +NetEff
A
1%
150
B
9%
159
C
1%
154
D
3%
154
E
86%
165
135
145
155
 +Medium 146.416 +SubsectionMedium

Many nurseries sell fruit trees that they label “miniature.” Not all nurseries, however, use this term in the same way. While some nurseries label any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as “miniature,” for example, others do not. One thing that is clear is that if a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled “miniature.”

Summary
Fruit trees can only be correctly labeled as “miniature” if they can be grown in a tub or pot.
Some nurseries label Stark Sweet Melody trees as “miniature.”

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
Stark Sweet Melody nectarine trees can only be correctly labeled as “miniature” if they can be grown in a tub or pot.
If Stark Sweet Melody trees can’t be grown in a tub or pot, then some nurseries mislabel them.

A
Most nurseries mislabel at least some of their fruit trees.
Unsupported. Not all nurseries use the term “miniature” in the same way. Some might be mislabeling their fruit trees as “miniature,” but we don’t know that most are.
B
Some of the nurseries have correctly labeled nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety only if the variety is unsuitable for growing in a tub or a pot.
Anti-supported. Some nurseries have correctly labeled Stark Sweet Melody trees only if these trees are suitable for growing in a tub or pot. If they’re not suitable for growing in a tub or pot, then some nurseries have incorrectly labeled them as “miniature.”
C
Any nectarine tree of the Stark Sweet Melody variety that a nursery labels “miniature” is labeled incorrectly.
Unsupported. Stark Sweet Melody trees might be suitable for growing in a tub or pot. If they are, we can’t conclude that they’re labeled incorrectly.
D
Some nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly.
Unsupported. We only know that trees that are labeled “miniature” are labeled incorrectly if they can’t be grown in a tub or a pot. We don’t know what makes not labeling a tree “miniature” correct or incorrect.
E
Unless the Stark Sweet Melody variety of nectarine tree is suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, some nurseries mislabel this variety of tree.
Very strongly supported. Fruit trees can only be correctly labeled as “miniature” if they can be grown in a tub or pot. If Stark Sweet Melody trees are not suitable for growing in a tub or pot, then some nurseries mislabel them.

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