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This stamp is probably highly valuable, since it exhibits a printing error. The most important factors in determining a stamp’s value, assuming it is in good condition, are its rarity and age. This is clearly a fine specimen, and it is quite old as well.
The conclusion is properly inferred if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) The older a stamp is, the more valuable it is.
(B) Printing errors are always confined to a few individual stamps.
(C) Most stamps with printing errors are already in the hands of collectors.
(D) Rarity and age are of equal importance to a stamp’s value.
(E) Even old and rare stamps are usually not valuable if they are in poor condition.
The conclusion is properly inferred if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) The older a stamp is, the more valuable it is.
(B) Printing errors are always confined to a few individual stamps.
(C) Most stamps with printing errors are already in the hands of collectors.
(D) Rarity and age are of equal importance to a stamp’s value.
(E) Even old and rare stamps are usually not valuable if they are in poor condition.
23 Oct 2021, 04:00
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
Remember in Brewster’s Millions, when Richard Pryor bought that super-rare stamp for a zillion dollars, the one with the accidentally-upside-down airplane on it, and mailed a **** letter with it? That ruled.
Anyway, the facts here are 1) this stamp has a printing error, 2) a stamp’s value is largely determined by condition, rarity, and age, 3) this stamp is in fine condition, and 4) this stamp is quite old. Conclusion: This stamp is probably highly valuable.
I cultivate a super-skeptical voice inside my head, and I let it come out when I’m arguing with the LSAT. You should too. Here’s what mine sounds like: “Ehhhhh… what about rarity, dude? You mentioned that rarity is important, but then you totally skimmed over the part where you were supposed to tell me whether this stamp was rare or not. Yes I know that it has a printing error, which might suggest rarity, but couldn’t they have accidentally printed a zillion of these things? Rarity is important (you said it yourself) so until you tell me whether or not there are a zillion of these things, then I am going to assume you are trying to bullshit me.”
We’re asked to make it so that the conclusion is “properly inferred,” which means “prove the conclusion.” To plug up the hole in the argument, the answer simply must deal with the rarity of this stamp. Nothing less will do.
A) This is nice, but irrelevant. We need to know about the rarity.
B) Okay, this proves that our stamp is rare. It does have a printing error, so if it’s true that stamps with printing errors are always confined to a few individual stamps, then this bad boy must be rare. I like it.
C) No, who cares who owns what stamps. Irrelevant.
D) This might be true, but we needed to prove that this stamp is rare in order to complete the argument. This ain’t it.
E) No, **** off. We’re trying to prove that this stamp is valuable. This premise could only be used to prove that a stamp in poor condition is not valuable. This is miles away from the correct answer.
We’re going with B, because it answers the skeptical voice inside my head.
06 Nov 2021, 12:30
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EXPLANATION FROM POWER SCORE
The conclusion in this Justify question is that the stamp in question is “probably highly valuable.” This conclusion is based on the fact that the stamp exhibits a printing error. Further, we are told that a stamp’s value is determined by its condition, rarity, and age. Finally, it is stated that this stamp is in good condition and quite old. Note here that the rarity of the stamp is not mentioned, but if you could show that the stamp is rare then it would meet all of the conditions needed to be valuable. Also, pay attention to the fact that the only characteristic given about the stamp is the printing error. Thus, if you could show that this printing error makes this stamp quite rare, then the conclusion about the stamp’s value would be proven.
Answer choice (A): We have already been told that the stamp is quite old, but there is no way to know if it is old enough to be “highly valuable.” Hence this answer choice does not definitively prove that the conclusion is correct.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. If printing errors are always confined to only a few stamps, then a stamp with a printing error would by definition be rare. So this stamp has all of the necessary pieces to be valuable: good condition, quite old, and rare. So the conclusion is proven true.
Answer choice (C): The fact that most stamps of the type discussed are already possessed by collectors does not prove that this stamp is valuable.
Answer choice (D): Knowing that rarity and age play an equal role in determining a stamp’s value still does not show that this particular stamp is old. So we cannot know based on this answer that this stamp is valuable.
Answer choice (E): We know that this stamp is in good condition, so information about stamps that are in poor condition does not apply here.
