LSAT 105 – Section 1 – Question 25

LSAT 105 - Section 1 - Question 25

February 1999

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PT105 S1 Q25
+LR
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
A
6%
161
B
24%
163
C
5%
162
D
3%
161
E
62%
168
148
160
173
 +Hardest 147.243 +SubsectionMedium

A clothing manufacturer reports that unsalable garments, those found to be defective by inspectors plus those returned by retailers, total 7 percent of the garments produced. Further, it reports that all of its unsalable garments are recycled as scrap, but the percentage of garments reported as recycled scrap is 9 percent.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why is the percent of garments reported as recycled scrap 9% even though the percent of garments considered unsalable, which are all included in the garments recycled as scrap, is 7%?

Objective
The correct answer should differentiate between the category “garments reported as recycled scrap” and “garments considered unsalable” in a way that would lead the recycled scrap % to be higher. For example, maybe there are additional items that are part of garments reported as recycled scrap besides just garments considered unsalable.

A
Garments with minor blemishes are sent to wholesale outlets for sale at discounted prices and are not returned for recycling.
If garments aren’t recycled, then they aren’t considered unsalable either, because everything unsalable is part of recycled scrap. So, this tells us about garments that aren’t part of either the recycled category or unsalable category. This has no impact.
B
The percentage of garments returned by retail outlets as unsalable includes, in addition to defective merchandise, garments in unacceptable styles or colors.
We already know that all unsalable garments are part of the garments recycled as scrap. Additional details about what kinds of garments are unsalable doesn’t add any relevant information.
C
Some inspectors, in order to appear more efficient, tend to overreport defects.
Unsalable garments include those reported by inspectors as defects. The actual defects don’t matter; only the reported defects. So overreporting of defects doesn’t impact the comparison between unsalable garments and recycled garments.
D
The total number of garments produced by the manufacturer has increased slightly over the past year.
The stimulus never compared stats across different years, so this information doesn’t impact the comparison between unsalable garments and recycled garments.
E
Unsalable garments are recorded by count, but recycled garments are recorded by weight.
The % of unsalable garments is calculated in a different way compared to the % of recycled garments. This could account for why the first figure was 7% and the second was 9%. The garments considered unsalable (and sent to recycling) could be heavier than other garments.

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