LSAT 146 – Section 1 – Question 15

LSAT 146 - Section 1 - Question 15

June 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT146 S1 Q15
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
29%
161
B
1%
157
C
1%
154
D
1%
154
E
68%
165
142
155
167
 +Harder 149.45 +SubsectionMedium

The production of leather and fur for clothing is labor intensive, which means that these materials have tended to be expensive. But as fashion has moved away from these materials, their prices have dropped, while prices of some materials that require less labor in their production and are more fashionable have risen.

Summary
Because the production of labor and fur for clothing is intensive, the materials have also tended to be expensive. However, as fashion trends have moved away from these materials, their prices have dropped. The prices of some materials that require less labor are now more expensive as they have become more fashionable.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Something’s popularity is a factor in determining its price.

A
The price of any manufactured good depends more on how fashionable that good is than on the materials it is made from.
This is too broad to support. The stimulus only gives two examples of materials. That is too small of a sample to support that the price of *any* manufactured good depends on how fashionable it is.
B
It is more important for the materials used in the manufacture of clothing to be fashionable than it is for them to be practical.
There is no information in the stimulus to support a comparative statement between manufacturing clothes that are fashionable vs. practical. The stimulus only talks about the relative prices of each.
C
Materials that require relatively little labor in their production tend to be fashionable.
This is antisupported. The stimulus says despite their high labor cost, leather, and fur were fashionable. Also, you need many assumptions to make this answer choice work.
D
The appearance of a manufactured good is the only thing that determines whether it is fashionable.
There is no link between how the appearance of a good determines whether it is fashionable (much less that it is the sole factor).
E
Cultural trends tend to be an important determinant of the prices of materials used in manufacturing.
The stimulus says that despite a comparatively less intensive labor cost, some trendier materials have risen in cost due to changing fashion trends (cultural trends). This answer is also very easy to support compared to the other answer choices.

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