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June 2010 LSAT Section 4 Question 22

Consumer advocate: There is no doubt that the government is responsible for the increased cost of gasoline, because ...

Maria-Marin on May 12, 2020

How to identify the type of question

Hi!! I get why A is the correct answer, but I have some difficulty to understand how I can identify that the question is a strenghten w necessary or w sufficient premise

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John on September 21, 2020

I am not an LSATMax instructor but based on the strengthen lesson, whenever the stem contains "required," underlying assumption, or anything along those lines, that is a strengthen with necessary premise. They are asking you for the premise that is the foundation for the conclusion. If that premise was proven false, the conclusion is false. So, that is what is meant by a premise that is "required." If that premise was not true, the conclusion in the argument would not be true.