LSAT 138 – Section 2 – Question 02

LSAT 138 - Section 2 - Question 02

December 2012

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT138 S2 Q02
+LR
Evaluate +Eval
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
91%
165
B
1%
150
C
4%
155
D
0%
153
E
4%
156
134
143
151
 +Medium 147.395 +SubsectionMedium

“Dumping” is defined as selling a product in another country for less than production cost. Shrimp producers from Country F are selling shrimp in Country G below the cost of producing shrimp in Country G. So Country F’s producers are dumping shrimp.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that Country F’s producers are dumping (selling below production costs in a different country) shrimp. This is because shrimp producers in Country F are selling shrimp in Country G for less than it takes to produce shrimp in Country G.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that “production cost” refers to the production cost in the country where the product is sold. If “production cost” in fact referred to the production cost in the country where the product is produced, then the production cost in Country G would be irrelevant.

A
“production cost” in the definition of dumping refers to the cost of producing the product in the country where it originates or in the country where it is sold
If “production cost” refers to the country where the product originates, then the author’s argument falls apart since the product doesn’t originate in Country G. If it refers to the country where it’s sold, the argument stands—the product is sold and produced in Country G.
B
there is agreement among experts about whether dumping is harmful to the economy of the country in which products are sold for less than production cost
The author never makes any judgement about dumping being harmful.
C
shrimp producers from Country F charge more for shrimp that they sell within their own country than for shrimp that they sell in Country G
We don’t care how much shrimp producers in Country F charge within Country F. We care if they sell for less than the production cost in another country, which is what constitutes dumping.
D
shrimp producers from Country F will eventually go out of business if they continue to sell shrimp in Country G for less than production cost
We don’t care what will happen to Country F’s shrimp producers. We care if they’re actually dumping or not.
E
shrimp producers from Country F are selling shrimp in Country G for considerably less than production cost or just slightly less
It doesn’t matter whether shrimp producers are significantly under production cost or slightly under production cost. Being under production cost at all constitutes dumping if the product is sold in a different country.

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