LSAT 132 – Section 2 – Question 03

LSAT 132 - Section 2 - Question 03

December 2010

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT132 S2 Q03
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Eliminating Options +ElimOpt
A
1%
156
B
90%
164
C
3%
155
D
4%
153
E
1%
153
129
139
149
 +Easier 148.345 +SubsectionMedium

Medications with an unpleasant taste are generally produced only in tablet, capsule, or soft-gel form. The active ingredient in medication M is a waxy substance that cannot tolerate the heat used to manufacture tablets because it has a low melting point. So, since the company developing M does not have soft-gel manufacturing technology and manufactures all its medications itself, M will most likely be produced in capsule form.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that the medication M will probably be produced in capsule form. This is because medications with an unpleasant taste can come in three forms—soft-gel, tablet, and capsule—the first two of which aren’t feasible for manufacturing M.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that M has an unpleasant taste. The author also assumes that the company manufacturing M has the capacity to manufactured capsules, and that M can in fact be manufactured into capsule form.

A
Medication M can be produced in liquid form.
Even if M can be produced in liquid form, there’s a good reason why it isn’t: M has an unpleasant taste. Regardless, this does nothing to tell us M will be produced in capsule form.
B
Medication M has an unpleasant taste.
The author claims that medications with an unpleasant taste are produced in three forms, then assumes M must be produced in one of those three forms. That’s because M indeed has a bad taste, which suggests it will indeed be produced in one of those forms.
C
No medication is produced in both capsule and soft-gel form.
We already know M won’t be produced as a soft-gel because the company developing M can’t create soft-gels. This just tells us no medication at all is produced as both a capsule and soft-gel, which adds nothing to the author’s argument.
D
Most medications with a low melting point are produced in soft-gel form.
We already know M can’t be produced as a soft-gel because the company developing M can’t create soft-gels. This adds nothing.
E
Medications in capsule form taste less unpleasant than those in tablet or soft-gel form.
Does M have a bad taste? We don’t know. Besides, the reason M will be manufactured as a capsule has nothing to do with its taste in capsule form versus other forms.

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