LSAT 154 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q9

LR Question 9 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Editor: It is a myth that a significant amount of music…

QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning

CONCLUSION: It’s a myth that the large amount of music on the Internet is because people download and rework others’ music.

REASONING: 99% of Internet users who download music don’t publish their own new music on the Internet.

ANALYSIS: This argument tells us about the 99% of Internet users who DON’T publish new music. But what about the 1% who do? What if that 1% is responsible for 99% of the music out there, while the 99% is responsible for only 1%? In this scenario, that 1% would be responsible for a “significant amount of music” on the Internet.

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1. CORRECT. Like we prephrased, 1% of of Internet users can be responsible for 99% of music online.
2. The ease of publishing music online is irrelevant to our argument.
3. An alternate account of the sources of the music is irrelevant because this isn’t the Editor’s argument. The Editor is arguing whether or not reworked songs comprise of a large amount of the music on the Internet.
4. “All” makes this answer choice extreme. We don’t need 100% of reworked music to be published online again.
5. This is Out of Scope. We don’t know what Internet users prefer, nor that they “always” (extreme) prefer original music. The author doesn’t commit this flaw.

Recap: The question begins with “Editor: It is a myth that a significant amount of music”. It is a Flawed Reasoning question. Learn how to master LSAT Flaw questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.