LSAT 19, Logical Reasoning II, Q15, LSATHacks

LR Question 15 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Grow-Again ointment is a proven treatment for…

QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen

CONCLUSION: Offering a reduced price won’t help sales.

REASONING: You only need five drops each day, and using more won’t help.

ANALYSIS: People only tend to use a fixed amount of many products, sure. But that’s after they’ve already decided to buy.

Reduced prices may help sales by convincing more people to use the product in the first place.

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1. People tend to believe that larger quantities of an ointment are more effective, but that doesn’t mean they always do.

   People might always read the instructions for Grow-Again and realize that they only need five drops.

2. This doesn’t affect how much ointment men will want to use. And “more” is very vague. This could mean it’s 5% effective on some men and 4.9% effective on others.
3. CORRECT. This shows that the discount would not succeed in attracting new customers.
4. What does this have to do with Grow-Again? The causes of baldness are irrelevant if Grow-Again can fix baldness.
5. This shows that there is no significant cost savings to increased sales. But it still might be beneficial to boost sales with a discount (if sales were still profitable.)

Recap: The question begins with “Grow-Again ointment is a proven treatment for”. It is a Strengthen question. Learn how to master LSAT Strengthen questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.

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