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asis the best possible solution because often times you will find that there is more than one correct answer but only one is the best possible solution.

Now we are going to look at logical reasoning question and navigate a way of attacking the question. Here is a question taken from Kaplan’s guide to the LSAT:

Recently, the research and development departments at major pharmaceutical companies have been experimenting with new injections that provide the boost in iron that anemic children need to reverse their condition. These companies have expressed confidence that children who are suffering from anemia will be cured relatively simply though the use of such biochemical supplements.

In concluding that the biochemical remedy being developed will have its desired effect the pharmaceutical companies assume that

(A) major pharmaceutical companies have the primary responsibility to cure child hood anemia
(B) a low iron level in the body is the major factor influencing the incidence of anemia in children
(C) a diet rich in iron cannot improve the conditions of children suffering from anemia to the point that biochemical supplements would become unnecessary
(D) children afflicted with anemia will find out about and submit to injections that can reverse their conditions
(E) the use of biochemical supplements is the safest way to cure anemia in children

Most students would simply start reading from the beginning. The problem with just reading from the beginning is that we don’t know what we are looking for. First we need to look at the question that is being asked. The author is asking us what pharmaceutical companies are assuming. With this information in mind we read the passage. The first sentence tells us that this injection will reverse anemia in children, but it does not say that it has or will be given. The author assumes that children will receive the cure if it existed. The correct answer is (D), this answer re...