LSAT Question Explanation
PT 108, Section 3, Question 13
Method of ReasoningArgument structure
We may not want to discourage teenagers from congregating near the stores.
The teenagers account for a significant amount of the total sales in the mall.
Explanation
The merchant doesn't dispute that the teenagers scare the adults, or say that the malls goal is something other than maintaining sales, they just point out some additional information that would be useful to consider before implementing the mall manager's recommendation.
If the teenagers account for a large portion of sales, that needs to be considered before the mall and its merchants start breaking up groups of teenagers.
Answer choices
The merchant never says that the managers support for their recommendation is false. The merchant just adds some additional information to consider.
The merchant gives some additional information, which is that the teenagers account for a large portion of sales. This is highly relevant to making a recommendation for what to do about the teenagers given that mall's goal is to not lose sales.
The merchant never contests the mall managers stated goal for the mall.
The merchant never agrees with the mall manager's recommendation. If anything, the merchant's added information may indicate that they shouldn't implement the recommendation.
The merchant never makes a recommendation. They just point out something that the mall manager seemed to overlook.