LSAT 139 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q6

LR Question 6 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A company that imports and sells collectibles sought…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle

CONCLUSION: The agency classified the figurines as collector’s items.

REASONING: The agency noted that the figurines were marketed as collector’s items.

ANALYSIS: Principle-Justify questions are often pretty straightforward.

We have a conclusion, and a reason for the conclusion. We just have to say that the reason for the conclusion was proper.

Usually a principle does this by saying that the actions in question are ‘good,’ or by using the word ‘should’.

The stimulus is just facts and actions. A principle adds moral judgment that shows the actions were correct.

So in this case, the agency ‘should’ classify toys based on how they’re marketed.

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1. CORRECT. The figurines were marketed as collector’s items. This tells us to therefore classify them as collector’s items.
2. This tells us what the company should do. We want to know what the agency should do.
3. We want to justify the agent’s decision to classify the products as collector’s items. But this gives us a reason not to classify things as collector’s items.
4. The inspector gave the items a higher tariff by classifying them as collector’s items. So this goes against his decision.
5. Same as B. This tells the company what to do. We want to tell the agency what to do.