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Complete Question Explanation
Flaw in the Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (E).
Advertisements are a frequent source of flaws on the LSAT, and any stimulus that is identified as one should be viewed with heightened skepticism. Here, the ad claims that Fabric-Soft is the most effective fabric softener available based on a seriously flawed test. The product was not tested not against any competing fabric softener! How can one say that a product is the most effective based on no comparison being made to others? Look for that in the answer choices.
Answer choice (A): As the advertisement has nothing to do with whether everyone can use the product, but only whether it is the most effective product of its kind, this answer does not describe a problem with the logical structure of the argument.
Answer choice (B): As with answer A, this answer describes something that is not at issue in the argument, and so cannot be the source of the problem.
Answer choice (C): Price is of no concern, at least within the structure of the argument in the ad, and so this answer is just like answers A and B in that it is irrelevant. The flaw is in the way the product was tested, nothing else.
Answer choice (D): More irrelevant information that has nothing to do with pointing out what was wrong with the advertisement.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This is the only answer that points out the flawed test described in the stimulus, and so is the credited response.
Flaw in the Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (E).
Advertisements are a frequent source of flaws on the LSAT, and any stimulus that is identified as one should be viewed with heightened skepticism. Here, the ad claims that Fabric-Soft is the most effective fabric softener available based on a seriously flawed test. The product was not tested not against any competing fabric softener! How can one say that a product is the most effective based on no comparison being made to others? Look for that in the answer choices.
Answer choice (A): As the advertisement has nothing to do with whether everyone can use the product, but only whether it is the most effective product of its kind, this answer does not describe a problem with the logical structure of the argument.
Answer choice (B): As with answer A, this answer describes something that is not at issue in the argument, and so cannot be the source of the problem.
Answer choice (C): Price is of no concern, at least within the structure of the argument in the ad, and so this answer is just like answers A and B in that it is irrelevant. The flaw is in the way the product was tested, nothing else.
Answer choice (D): More irrelevant information that has nothing to do with pointing out what was wrong with the advertisement.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This is the only answer that points out the flawed test described in the stimulus, and so is the credited response.