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Hi heliya,
When trying to find a conclusion, focus on which claim is being given support by the other claims in the argument.
Notice in the second sentence when the author says, "These health claims are true," (in other words, basically that the cereal is healthy), there are a variety of different statements that are giving support to that claim. First, the cereal's healthiness is being "demonstrated" (supported) by the fact that really health conscious consumers are buying it. The healthiness is also being supported by the "since" premise at the end of the second sentence: "they would not have bought our cereal unless the claims were true." The entire second sentence, then, is geared toward using health-conscious consumers' buying of the cereal as a way to demonstrate (conclude) that the cereal is healthy. And the last sentence of the stimulus tries (badly, using circular reasoning) to give more support to the argument by trying to show that the consumers really are health conscious.
The conclusion is always the thing that's being supported by premises (reasons why the conclusion is true), so look for that statement and you'll be on a good footing.
Hope this helps!
Jeremy
When trying to find a conclusion, focus on which claim is being given support by the other claims in the argument.
Notice in the second sentence when the author says, "These health claims are true," (in other words, basically that the cereal is healthy), there are a variety of different statements that are giving support to that claim. First, the cereal's healthiness is being "demonstrated" (supported) by the fact that really health conscious consumers are buying it. The healthiness is also being supported by the "since" premise at the end of the second sentence: "they would not have bought our cereal unless the claims were true." The entire second sentence, then, is geared toward using health-conscious consumers' buying of the cereal as a way to demonstrate (conclude) that the cereal is healthy. And the last sentence of the stimulus tries (badly, using circular reasoning) to give more support to the argument by trying to show that the consumers really are health conscious.
The conclusion is always the thing that's being supported by premises (reasons why the conclusion is true), so look for that statement and you'll be on a good footing.
Hope this helps!
Jeremy
Jeremy Press
LSAT Instructor and law school admissions consultant
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LSAT Instructor and law school admissions consultant
Follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/JeremyLSAT