QUESTION TEXT: Roxanne: To protect declining elephant herds from…
QUESTION TYPE: Point at Issue
ARGUMENTS: Roxanne argues that buying old ivory won’t increase the demand for new ivory.
Salvador argues that buying old ivory will increase the demand for new ivory. There isn’t enough old ivory, so some people buy new ivory instead.
ANALYSIS: They disagree on whether we should buy antique ivory.
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- Neither of them talks about any other substances.
- CORRECT. Roxanne says yes. Salvador says that demand for new ivory would increase.
- Both of them agree we should try and protect elephants. They disagree how we should do so.
- Salvador might think that refusing to buy new ivory would help. But he thinks refusing to buy old ivory would help even more.
- Both of them agree about this. Roxanne thinks we should only buy ivory older than 75 years.
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Fun says
Salvador says yes to B.
TutorLucas (LSAT Hacks) says
Thanks for catching that error. Yes, Salvador would agree that decreased demand for antique ivory would decrease the demand for new ivory.
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MemberTara says
Roxanne, says no, disagrees. She states the two markets are “entirely independent”. So decrease in demand for old ivory would have no impact on the new ivory market.
Correct?