LSAT 130 – Section 4 – Question 10

LSAT 130 - Section 4 - Question 10

September 2009

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT130 S4 Q10
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
2%
153
B
7%
159
C
4%
157
D
81%
165
E
6%
158
137
147
158
 +Medium 146.168 +SubsectionMedium

Nutritionists believe that a person’s daily requirement for vitamins can readily be met by eating five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. However, most people eat far less than this. Thus, most people need to take vitamin pills.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that most people need to take vitamin pills. This is because most people don’t hit their recommended intake of fruits and vegetables per day, which would be enough to satisfy their vitamin needs.

Notable Assumptions
The author believes that eating five servings a day of fruits and vegetables is a necessary rather than sufficient condition. This means the author assumes no other foods (grains, dairy, meats and alternatives) would satisfy these vitamin needs.

A
Even five servings of fruits and vegetables a day is insufficient unless the intake is varied to ensure that different vitamins are consumed.
Supposing this is true, most people still aren’t getting five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. We need to weaken the claim that those people need vitamin pills.
B
Certain commonly available fruits and vegetables contain considerably more nutrients than others.
Like (A), most people aren’t getting enough fruits and vegetables. We have no reason to believe the average person is eating especially nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables when they do eat those foods.
C
Nutritionists sometimes disagree on how much of a fruit or vegetable constitutes a complete serving.
Regardless of what constitutes a “complete serving,” the author tells us most people are eating “far less” than five servings. We don’t care about marginal disagreements among nutritionists.
D
Many commonly consumed foods that are neither fruits nor vegetables are fortified by manufacturers with the vitamins found in fruits and vegetables.
The author overlooks a class of foods that would satisfy vitamin requirements: fortified foods. If most people eat these, they don’t need vitamin pills.
E
Fruits and vegetables are also important sources of fiber, in forms not found in vitamin pills.
We don’t care about fiber. We need to weaken the claim that most people need vitamin pills.

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