LSAT 102 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 102 - Section 3 - Question 05

June 1998

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
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PT102 S3 Q05
+LR
+Exp
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Math +Math
A
7%
160
B
6%
162
C
11%
161
D
69%
166
E
8%
160
141
154
168
 +Harder 147.613 +SubsectionMedium

Adults who work outside the home spend, on average, 100 minutes less time each week in preparing dinner than adults who do not work outside the home. But, contrary to expectation, comparisons show that the dinners eaten at home by the two groups of adults do not differ significantly with respect to nutritional value, variety of menus, or number of courses.

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Adults who work outside the home spend less time preparing dinner compared to adults who do not work outside the home, but both groups eat dinners at home that are similar in nutritional value, variety, and number of courses.

Objective

The right answer will be a hypothesis that offers a similarity between both groups. This similarity will explain how they have similar quality dinners at home even though adults who work outside the home spend less time preparing dinner than adults who do not work outside the home. It will resolve the apparent discrepancy in the stimulus, which is that if one spends less time preparing dinner, their dinners are presumably less nutritional, have less variety, or have less courses.

A
The fat content of the dinners eaten at home by adults who do not work outside the home is 25 percent higher than national guidelines recommend.

(A) compares the fat content of dinners eaten at home by adults who do not work outside the home to the national guidelines. (A) does not compare or provide information on the two groups in question (adults who work outside the home and adults who do not).

B
Adults who do not work outside the home tend to prepare breakfast more often than adults who work outside the home.

This does not help to explain the apparent discrepancy: the stimulus discusses dinner, not breakfast.

C
Adults who work outside the home spend 2 hours less time per day on all household responsibilities, including dinner preparation, than do adults who do not work outside the home.

This does not offer a similarity that helps to explain the apparent discrepancy: the stimulus already says that adults who work outside the home spend less time on dinner, which is at the core of the discrepancy.

D
Adults who work outside the home eat dinner at home 20 percent less often than do adults who do not work outside the home.

(D) draws a similarity between the groups, explaining that they may actually spend similar amounts of time preparing dinner at home. Adults who work outside the home eat less dinners at home, meaning the time they do spend on preparing dinner at home is spread across less meals.

E
Adults who work outside the home are less likely to plan dinner menus well in advance than are adults who do not work outside the home.

This deepens the discrepancy between adults who work outside the home and adults who do not. According to (E), adults who work outside the home do less cooking and less planning, yet their homemade dinners are somehow similar to the stay-at-home group's.

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