QUESTION TEXT: Medications with an unpleasant taste…
QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen
CONCLUSION: M will probably be capsules.
REASONING: M couldn’t be a tablet or a softgel. Medicines with an unpleasant taste are usually tablets, softgels, or capsules.
ANALYSIS: The argument uses process of elimination. For medicines with an unpleasant taste, there are usually three possibilities. The argument eliminates two of them.
So far, so good, but there’s a big flaw….The argument didn’t say that M has an unpleasant taste! Process of elimination only works if we know M is within the right category!
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- This weakens the argument. It shows there’s another possibility for M, apart from capsules.
- CORRECT. This tells us M is within the right category. Therefore the argument’s process of elimination is relevant.
- Who cares? The argument already eliminated the possibility of soft-gels. This answer just jumbles together two terms from the stimulus in an attempt to confuse you.
- We don’t care about “most” medications. We care about M. And the stimulus says that M’s company doesn’t have soft-gel technology.
- The stimulus didn’t say whether medication M has an unpleasant taste, and the argument wasn’t about how to make M taste more pleasant.
Recap: The question begins with “Medications with an unpleasant taste”. It is a Strengthen question. To practice more Strengthen questions, have a look at the LSAT Questions by Type page.
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Angela Taylor says
The answer key provided by LSAC says e is the correct answer
TutorRosalie (LSATHacks) says
If you check LawHub, it shows that B is the correct answer!
Angela Taylor says
Thank you! After reading the other book with the explanation, that entire problem key is incorrect in my addition!