Exam LSAT Section 1 Logical Reasoning topic 1 question 219 discussion

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Television executives recently announced that advertising time on television will cost 10 to 15 percent more next fall than it cost last fall. The executives argued that in spite of this increase, advertisers will continue to profit from television advertising, and so advertising time will be no harder to sell next fall than it was last fall.
Which one of the following, if true, would most support the television executives' argument?

A. Most costs of production and distribution of products typically advertised on television are expected to rise 3 to 7 percent in the next year.
B. The system for rating the size of the audience watching any given television advertisement will change next fall.
C. Next fall advertising time on television will no longer be available in blocks smaller than 30 seconds.
D. The amount of television advertising time purchased by providers of services is increasing, while the amount of such time purchased by providers of products is decreasing.
E. A recent survey has shown that the average number of hours people spend watching television is increasing at the rate of 2 percent every two months.

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Suggested Answer: E 🗳️
TV and doctors, TV and doctors. . . Noticing a pattern in the subject matter in the beginning of this section? This time we get a strengthening question. Were told that advertising will be more expensive next year, but advertisers will still profit from those ads. The conclusion, set off in the final sentence by "and so," is that advertising time will be no harder to sell next fall than it was last fall. Perhaps this struck you as a bit shaky? The author doesnt say profits are rising, or even staying the same, but merely that profits will continue. If its more expensive to advertise, might it not actually be harder to sell ads this fall? The author is assuming that despite increasing costs of TV advertising, something else will compensate for the increase and render the advertising just as valuable to advertisers despite the increase in cost. So we need to find some positive factor among the choices that would make us more likely to believe that ads will sell just as easily this fall, as the author contends. That may be as much of a prephrase as is possible here, so lets jump right to the choices.

by [deleted] at March 9, 2025, 1:34 p.m.

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