Some critics claim that it is unfair that so many great works of art are housed in huge metropolitan museums, since t...

Ravi August 16, 2019

@Julie-V,

Great question. Let's look more at (D).

In looking at the stimulus, we see that the author doesn't think that
the critics' criticism that it's unfair that so many great works of
art are housed in huge metropolitan museums is warranted because it
would not be feasible to spread out the small number of masterpieces
in a fair manner.

This can be mapped as

impractical to distribute masterpieces (premise)

unreasonable to criticize works being housed in big metropolitan
museums (conclusion)

We're looking for a principle in the answer choices that could serve
as the principle that's appealed to in countering the critics' claim.

(D) says, "For it to be reasonable to criticize an arrangement as
unfair, there must be a more equitable arrangement that is practically
attainable."

(D) can be mapped as

Reasonable to criticize - >more equitable arrangement that's
practically attainable

Contrapositive: More equitable arrangement is not practically
attainable (impractical to distribute masterpieces) - >unreasonable to
criticize

In the stimulus, we're given P and C, and (D) gives us P - >C, which is
the bridge we're looking for.

You asked how we were able to determine that 'wider distribution of
them impractical' from the stimulus mean 'more equitable arrangement
that is practically sustainable' from the answer choice. We didn't
actually equate these; rather, we equated 'wider distribution of them
impractical' with the contrapositive of 'more equitable arrangement
that is practically sustainable,' as seen above. The contrapositive of
this statement means that equitable arrangement is impractical, which
more or less means the same thing as wider distribution being
impractical.

Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any more questions.