Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT3 S4 Q14 Explanation

The only way that bookstores

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

The only way that bookstores can profitably sell books at below-market prices is to get the books at a discount from publishers. Unless bookstores generate a high sales volume, however, they cannot get discounts from publishers. To generate such volume, bookstores must either cater to large specialized market, such as medical textbooks, or both.

What this question is testing

Must be False

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
14.

If all the statements in the passage are true and if it is also true that a bookstore does not cater to mass tastes, which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    The bookstore profitably sells some of its books at

  2. Trap4% picked this

    The bookstore does not profitably sell any of its books at

  3. Trap14% picked this

    Either the bookstore has exclusive access to a large specialized market or else it does not get a

  4. Correct72% picked this

    The bookstore does not have exclusive access to a large specialized market but profitably sells some of its

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be False · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  5. Trap6% picked this

    The bookstore does not have exclusive access to a large specialized market, nor does it get a

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