LSAT 4 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A certain retailer promotes merchandise by using the following…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be True

ANALYSIS: This question throws a lot at you, but it’s actually pretty simple if you keep things straight and don’t start imagining false assumptions.

1. We always have either a manager’s sale or a holiday sale. If not one, then the other. We could have both.
2. Holiday sales occur whenever there is a holiday that month and excess merchandise in the warehouse.
3. Manager’s sales occur whenever the manager wants to clear some merchandise.
4. In August, there is no holiday and no excess merchandise. Therefore there will be no holiday sale, and there will be a manager’s sale.

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1. There will be a holiday sale if there is excess merchandise, not if there is none.
2. In August there is no holiday sale. But there could be other months without a holiday sale.
3. Not necessarily true. We can have both a manager’s sale and a holiday sale.
4. CORRECT. Yes. We need one of the two types of sales, always.
5. No. There could be other months apart from August that have no excess merchandise.

Recap: The question begins with “A certain retailer promotes merchandise by using the following”. It is a Must be True question. Learn how to master LSAT MBT questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.