LSAT 128 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Book collector: The demand for out-of-print books …

QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported

CONCLUSION: The demand for out-of-print books is increasing.

REASONING: The Internet has made it easier to find such books.

ANALYSIS: The argument establishes a causal relationship between the rise of the Internet and the increasing demand for out-of-print books. It specifically says that the ease of locating books online has led to an increase in demand. So, we can expect a correct answer to say something about this relationship – that demand is influenced by how easy it is to find these books.

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1. We don’t know anything about whether or not they previously knew the books existed. The demand could be increasing simply because people can now find books they already wanted.
2. This is out of scope. The argument only discusses out-of-print books. We cannot conclude anything about in-print books.
3. CORRECT. This is exactly what we prephrased. The Internet has made it easier to find out-of-print books, which has raised the demand for them. So the demand for these books is affected by how easy it is to find them.
4. This is too strong. We know the Internet has made it easier to locate such books, but it never claimed that most of the books can now be located.
5. This is also too strong. The argument says that the Internet has made it easier, not that it has eradicated all other methods or that it’s the only method.