LSAT 145 – Section 4 – Question 05
LSAT 145 - Section 4 - Question 05
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| Strengthen +Streng Fill in the blank +Fill | A
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152
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151
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153
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Summarize Argument
The author concludes that some of the scientific stories that would be the most interesting to readers are unlikely to be covered in popular magazines. The author supports the conclusion by explaining that stories about complex scientific topics, which are likely to be super interesting, are not easily understood by readers. We need to fill in a missing premise to complete the argument.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that a story not being easily understood by popular magazine readers means that it will not be covered in a popular magazine.
A
editors of popular magazines generally do not approve stories about issues that cannot be well understood by those magazines’ readers
This strengthens the argument by giving us a direct reason to believe that stories that cannot be well understood by readers are not likely to be covered in magazines. This in turn supports the author’s conclusion that interesting but difficult topics will not be covered.
B
popular magazines cannot stay in business unless they regularly publish stories that their readers find interesting
This is irrelevant. The author isn’t making such sweeping claims about whether popular magazines do or don’t publish interesting stories, just claiming that some particular stories that would probably be interesting are not published.
C
highly complex and counterintuitive theories are increasingly common in almost all branches of science
This is irrelevant, since the author is only claiming that complex scientific issues would usually make for some of the most interesting stories to readers of popular science magazines. How common or uncommon those issues are doesn’t matter to the argument.
D
readers of popular magazines are generally unable to accurately assess their own understanding of complex scientific issues
It doesn’t matter to the argument whether readers are able to assess their understanding of complex scientific issues, only whether they actually do or don’t understand those issues.
E
most readers of popular magazines are unwilling to seek out other sources in order to read about scientific issues that they find interesting
Whether or not readers find other sources to read about scientific issues is irrelevant, as the author is only making claims about what scientific issues are likely to be covered in popular magazines.
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LSAT PrepTest 145 Explanations
Section 1 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 2 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
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