LSAT 17, Logical Reasoning I, Q22, LSATHacks

LR Question 22 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: I know that some of our regular…

QUESTION TYPE: Strength of Argument

CONCLUSION: The sales director concludes that the response to advertisements has never depended on the overall integrity of the magazine.

REASONING: The magazine’s sophisticated readership can distinguish between ads and articles.

ANALYSIS: The sales director completely misses the point. The magazine editor claims that readership will decline if articles start pandering to advertisers. They aren’t talking about how consumers respond to ads. They’re worried about articles only.

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1. Nope. The magazine editor wasn’t even talking about the effectiveness of ads. They claimed that readership would decline. That would mean less people could look at ads.
2. No. The editor simply thinks that there will be less readers overall if they mention advertisers.
3. No. This answer choice does correctly identify the editor’s claim. But the sales director neglected to address this claim.
4. CORRECT. Yes. The editor was talking about how readers respond to articles.
5. It does fail but the editor wasn’t talking about how readers respond to ads.

Recap: The question begins with “I know that some of our regular”. It is a Argument Evaluation question. Learn more about LSAT Evaluate questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.

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