LSAT 125 – Section 2 – Question 20

LSAT 125 - Section 2 - Question 20

June 2008

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT125 S2 Q20
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
7%
157
B
3%
156
C
15%
159
D
7%
155
E
69%
165
145
155
164
 +Harder 145.417 +SubsectionEasier

Of the various food containers made of recycled Styrofoam, egg cartons are among the easiest to make. Because egg shells keep the actual food to be consumed from touching the Styrofoam, used Styrofoam need not be as thoroughly cleaned when made into egg cartons as when made into other food containers.

Summary
The stimulus states that egg cartons are among the easiest food containers to make from recycled Styrofoam because the eggshells prevent the food (the eggs) from directly contacting the Styrofoam. Therefore, used Styrofoam doesn't need to be as thoroughly cleaned for making egg cartons as it is for making other food containers.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Eggs in a carton make contact with the Styrofoam, but it does not matter because they are in a shell.

A
No food containers other than egg cartons can safely be made of recycled Styrofoam that has not been thoroughly cleaned.
This is too strong to support. There is no information as to whether there is or is not another type of food that does not need its Styrofoam packaging to be thoroughly cleaned.
B
There are some foods that cannot be packaged in recycled Styrofoam no matter how the Styrofoam is recycled.
The stimulus does not mention a food that absolutely cannot be packaged in Styrofoam. You have to make several assumptions for this to work.
C
The main reason Styrofoam must be thoroughly cleaned when recycled is to remove any residual food that has come into contact with the Styrofoam.
This is too strong to support. Perhaps removing residual foods is *a* reason, but there is no indication that it is the *main* reason.
D
Because they are among the easiest food containers to make from recycled Styrofoam, most egg cartons are made from recycled Styrofoam.
There is no mention of what most egg cartons are made from. The stimulus says that egg cartons are among the easiest to make from recycled Styrofoam.
E
Not every type of food container made of recycled Styrofoam is effectively prevented from coming into contact with the food it contains.
This is definitely hard to parse through, but it is supported. The stimulus acknowledges that egg cartons (a type of food container) come into contact with the eggs (food it contains).

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