LSAT 2 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q15

LR Question 15 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A well-known sports figure found that combining publicity…

QUESTION TYPE: Parallel Reasoning

CONCLUSION: The well known sports figure will not be making any bookstore appearances in London.

REASONING: The sports figure no longer combines sports events and publicity events while on tour. They are in London for a sports event.

ANALYSIS: This is a good argument. It shows that two things are mutually exclusive. Since the sports figure is doing one of those things, they must not be doing the other.

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1. This goes too far. We only know that some wasps will die, not all of them.
2. CORRECT. This is a good argument. The two types of emergency treatment are mutually exclusive. Since the staff did one type of treatment, they must not have done the other.
3. This is a good argument, but it does not use two mutually exclusive events.
4. This is a good argument. S Hg J. But it does not use two mutually exclusive possibilities.
5. This is a good argument, but it only shows that it is not impossible that the butter knife was the murder weapon. The stimulus is more definitive.

Recap: The question begins with “A well-known sports figure found that combining publicity”. It is a Parallel Reasoning question. Learn how to master LSAT Parallel questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.