QUESTION TEXT: Whenever she considers voting in an election…
QUESTION TYPE: Must Be True
FACTS: Kay will vote for someone only under the following conditions:
- She can vote for someone if she disagrees with them on one or more issues, if she also disagrees with all the other candidates on even more issues.
- Otherwise, she won’t vote for anyone.
- Kay has only one important issue in the next election.
- She disagrees with Legrand and Norton, and agrees with Medina.
ANALYSIS: We can conclude a few things. First, In this election, Kay can only vote for Medina.
Second, Kay doesn’t have to vote for anyone.
Lastly, if there is a tie on major issues, and Kay doesn’t agree completely with any candidate, then Kay can’t vote for anyone. To vote for someone she disagrees with, Kay has to disagree with everyone else even more.
There are many facts to keep track of. Make sure you understand them well before looking at the questions. This question is hopeless if you don’t understand the facts.
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- We have no idea what Kay does if she doesn’t care about the issues.
- Hard to say. “Most” can mean “all”. If Kay agrees with anyone completely, then presumably she can vote for them.
- Kay can vote for that person. There are two possibilities. Either she disagrees with everyone else more, or, she only have one issue, total.
- CORRECT. Kay can’t vote for anyone she disagrees with, unless she disagrees with everyone else more.
- Hard to say. If Kay disagrees with everyone else more, she can vote for this candidate.
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