LSAT 23 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q5

LR Question 5 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A recently passed law requires all places of public…

QUESTION TYPE: Sufficient Assumption

CONCLUSION: Privates schools must be accessible.

REASONING: All places of public accommodation must be accessible.

ANALYSIS: We’re missing a link. If private schools are places of public accommodation, then we can say they should be accessible.

Here’s a diagram, including the missing link:

Private school ➞ public accommodation ➞ accessible

(PS ➞ PA ➞ A)

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1. The stimulus isn’t talking about admission. It talks about physical accessibility. You want the handicapped to be able to enter your building, whether or not they are students.
2. Who cares whether schools have resisted the law. They still must obey the law.
3. CORRECT. This does it. All places of public accommodation have to be accessible.
4. This shows that private schools could make themselves accessible, but it doesn’t prove that they must be accessible.
5. But, are those groups correct that private property is public space?

Recap: The question begins with “A recently passed law requires all places of public”. It is a Sufficient Assumption question. Learn how to master LSAT Sufficient questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.