LSAT 103 – Section 1 – Question 15

LSAT 103 - Section 1 - Question 15

September 1998

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8%
157
B
1%
159
C
81%
166
D
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130
144
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Grow-Again ointment is a proven treatment for reversing male hereditary baldness. Five drops daily is the recommended dose, and exceeding this quantity does not increase the product’s effectiveness. Therefore, offering a manufacturer’s rebate on the purchase price of Grow-Again will not increase sales and consequently would be unprofitable for the manufacturer.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that offering a rebate on Grow-Again will not increase sales. No support is offered for this conclusion.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes there’s some reason why the rebate wouldn’t be profitable for the company. If the ointment usually cost $20 and cost $10 after the rebate, then it would seem customers are being offered a cheaper product. We need to know why this wouldn’t increase sales.

A
When using an ointment, people tend to believe that applying it in greater quantities can make it more effective.
We don’t care about how people use the ointment. We’re concerned with the rebate.
B
Grow-Again is more effective on some of the men who use it than it is on others.
We don’t care about how effective the ointment is. We care about the rebate.
C
The rebate, if offered, would not attract purchasers who otherwise might not use Grow-Again.
The rebate will not attract any new customers. Thus, by offering the rebate, the company would simply be losing some potential profit on every ointment sold.
D
Baldness in men can be caused by a variety of factors, only one of which is heredity.
We don’t care about what causes baldness. We care about the rebate.
E
Grow-Again is a product whose per-unit manufacturing cost does not fall significantly when the product is produced in large quantities.
We don’t care about the manufacturing cost. We care about the rebate, and why the rebate wouldn’t increase sales.

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