LSAT 154 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q11

LR Question 11 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Gyms and fitness centers are sometimes good places to buy…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle

CONCLUSION: Gyms and fitness centres are good places to buy used exercise machines.

REASONING: They sell old machines at reasonable prices. Even if they’re used, they’re still built better than machines designed for home use, and are well-maintained.

ANALYSIS: From the reasoning we’re given, we can come up with a conditional statement:

If a place sells reasonable priced and well-maintained machines ➞ this is a good place to buy from

The correct answer choice would match this.

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1. If we diagram this one, it looks like, “if good sources of machines ➞ well-maintained and reasonable prices. It doesn’t match our prephrase so we can eliminate it.
2. The stimulus doesn’t mention “the best” so we can’t make this sort of relative claim in the answer choice.
3. CORRECT. This matches our prephrase when we turn it into an “if-then” statement.
4. This one says, “if only sell machines designed for home use ➞ not a good place.” Eliminate.
5. This one says, “if good source of used machines ➞ not poorly maintained and high price”. Eliminate.

Recap: The question begins with “Gyms and fitness centers are sometimes good places to buy”. It is a Principle question. Learn how to master LSAT Principle questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.