LR Problem Set #2 #106

[beniakc]

Why is D the answer?

IF they want to control the deer population, why would we assume that the hormone needed to supress fertility (hence control the pregnancy rate) is already in the deer? If their fertility isnt already surpressed, why would we believe that it is already in their system?

Is this a assumption that if the deer already have it and we add 10 mg, we wont know what the level of the hormone is?

[Adam Tyson]

The assumption here is that the hormone does not occur naturally in female deer, and you hit the nail on the head with your analysis - if we use the assumption negation technique and say that it does occur naturally, then we would not know what level of the hormone would be found in the meat, and the biologist's argument would fall apart. He must have assumed that the injections were the only source of the hormone in order for him to base his response on the idea that the level of the hormone in any given deer is safe for human consumption.

Well done!

Adam M. Tyson
PowerScore LSAT Instructor