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03 Nov 2021, 01:30
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Bookstore owner: Consumers should buy books only from an independent bookstore, not from a bookstore that belongs to a bookstore chain. An independent bookstore tends to carry a much wider variety of books than does a chain bookstore, so because chains often threaten the existence of independent bookstores, they tend to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the bookstore owner’s argumentation?
(A) Chain bookstores should not force independent bookstores out of business when doing so would reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(B) Consumers should buy books from only those bookstores whose existence does not tend to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(C) The best interest of the bookselling business is not served when consumers purchase books from businesses whose existence tends to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(D) Consumers should not make purchases from any bookstore that deliberately forces competing bookstores out of business.
(E) If consumers have no access to any independent bookstore, they should buy books from the chain bookstore with the greatest diversity of books.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the bookstore owner’s argumentation?
(A) Chain bookstores should not force independent bookstores out of business when doing so would reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(B) Consumers should buy books from only those bookstores whose existence does not tend to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(C) The best interest of the bookselling business is not served when consumers purchase books from businesses whose existence tends to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.
(D) Consumers should not make purchases from any bookstore that deliberately forces competing bookstores out of business.
(E) If consumers have no access to any independent bookstore, they should buy books from the chain bookstore with the greatest diversity of books.
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EXPLANATION FROM POWER SCORE
Strengthen-PR. The correct answer choice is (B)
To identify a principle that strengthens the argument, look for a broad rule that specifies what actions must be taken to achieve the goal outlined in the conclusion. Since the conclusion recommends that consumers buy books only from an independent bookstore and not from a bookstore chain, the correct principle must identify a rule applicable to consumers, not booksellers. This immediately eliminates answer choices (A) and (C).
The reason why the author recommends buying books from independent bookstores is that they tend not to reduce the variety of books available to consumers, unlike chain bookstores, which do. This argument makes a leap from fact to judgment: just because a retailer reduces the variety of products available to consumers, that does not mean that consumers should automatically shun those retailers. The missing rule should therefore establish a logical relationship between the consumers’ buying habits and the consequences of these habits on the variety of products available for purchase. Answer choice (B) is therefore correct.
Answer choice (A): This principle applies to chain bookstores, whereas the author’s recommendation is targetted at consumers. This answer choice fails to support the conclusion and is therefore incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. See discussion above.
Answer choice (C): The interest of the bookselling business it not at issue in this argument. Furthermore, this answer choice states a fact, not what actions or judgments should apply in the given situation.
Answer choice (D): There is no evidence to suggest that chain bookstores deliberately force competing bookstores out of business. That the existence of independent bookstores is threatened by chain bookstores is not, by itself, suggestive of some deliberate motive or intention. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): What consumers should do if they have no access to any independent bookstore is outside the scope of this argument. This answer choice is incorrect.
General Discussion
04 Nov 2021, 01:15
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
The bookstore owner’s conclusion is, “Consumers should buy books only from an independent bookstore, not from a chain.” Why does the bookstore owner say this? Well, “They tend to reduce the variety of books available to consumers.” Okay, but what if I simply don’t give a **** about variety? What if I just want to buy the latest Twilight drivel, like I always do, and go home? In that case, what good would it be to go to the independent bookstore if Barnes and Noble is sure to have what I really want?
When a question asks you to “most justify” an argument, what that means is, “Find an additional piece of evidence that, if true, would most prove the conclusion of the argument to be true.” I started out by arguing (like I always do). I found a potential flaw in the argument: what if people don’t care about variety? So now, to strengthen the argument, I’ll basically say the opposite of the weakness I identified. My prediction is, “Consumers should take actions that will lead to the greatest available variety.” If that’s true, and if the evidence is true (chain bookstores reduce variety), then the conclusion of the argument, “Consumers should shop at independent bookstores,” would also have to be true.
A) The argument is about what consumers should do, not what bookstores should do. There’s no way this can be the answer.
B) Aha! This is exactly what we predicted. I’ll read C through E just to be sure, but I’m 99% positive this is our answer.
C) The argument is not about “the best interest of the bookselling business.” The argument is about what consumers should do. No way.
D) This is tricky, but the argument never said that chain bookstores “deliberately” force independent stores out of business. So this can’t be it.
E) This doesn’t do anything at all, because this answer would only apply to consumers who have no access to an independent bookstore. The facts never said anything about whether consumers had access or not, so this is irrelevant.
Our answer is B.
