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LSAT Explanations » LSAT Preptest 70 » Logical Reasoning 2 » Question 17

LSAT 70, Logical Reasoning II, Q17

LSAT 70 Explanations

LR Question 17 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: We can be sure that at least…

QUESTION TYPE: Parallel Reasoning

CONCLUSION: At least some halogen lamps are well crafted.

REASONING: Anything on display at Furniture Labyrinth is well crafted. Some halogen lamps are on display at Furniture labyrinth.

  • Labyrinth display ➞ Well Crafted
  • Labyrinth display SOME halogen lamps

ANALYSIS: This is a good argument. It gives one conditional statement, and then a “some” statement which connects with the sufficient condition of the conditional.

Anytime a “some” statement connects with a sufficient condition, you can make a new some statement. Here’s an example:

Cat ➞ Tail
Cat SOME Brown

Conclusion: Brown SOME Tail (i.e. some brown things have tails)

___________

  1. This answer has a chance of storms. In the stimulus we knew that lamps were displayed.
  2. CORRECT. This is a good argument. It matches the structure of the stimulus exactly.Written by Melissa ➞ Disturbing
    Written by Melissa SOME sonnets
    Conclusion: Sonnets SOME Disturbing.
  3. This is a bad argument. Gianna can get her car worked on, but that doesn’t mean that she will. Also, car shops are capable of good work, but that doesn’t mean Gianna will inevitably receive good work.
  4. Maybe the lakes teem with healthy trout, but all the minnows are unhealthy. To be correct, this answer would have had to say that all fish in the nearby lakes are healthy.
  5. This is a good argument, but it doesn’t match the structure. The stimulus concluded that at least some lamps were well crafted. This answer concludes that all the cornmeal is healthful.

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  1. lsat says

    June 2, 2016 at 2:06 am

    Hi!
    Why did you not include “because lamps from most major manufacturers are on display at Labyrinth” in your premises?

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    • lsat says

      June 2, 2016 at 2:07 am

      I diagrammed this sentence as halogen lamps from most major manufacturers ->display at Labyrinth.

      Thank you!!

      Reply
      • TutorLucas (LSAT Hacks) says

        December 15, 2016 at 6:19 pm

        The “most” in “most major manufacturers isn’t what’s relevant to this argument.

        The conclusion in the stimulus is that at least some halogen lamps are well-crafted. So, what’s important is that all the items on display are well-crafted, and some of the things that are on display are halogen lamps.

        Sometimes the LSAT will trip you up by using words like “some” and “most” outside the relevant conditional reasoning in that particular stimulus. You can avoid that trap by (1) clearly determining the conclusion (2) figuring out which facts in the stimulus are actually important for the the author’s reasoning to get to that conclusion.

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  2. Matt says

    September 25, 2015 at 3:23 pm

    Wow, I really screwed up on this question.

    From what I see about D, I diagrammed it as follows:
    Minnows some lakes nearby
    lakes nearby – – > healthy fish
    (I connected the chain to say: Minnows SOME lakes nearby – – – > healthy fish
    ————————–
    Minnows some healthy

    Why is it that we can’t conclude that some minnows are healthy? Unless I’m not seeing something here, the argument chain allows you to conclude some minnows are healthy fish and that some healthy fish are minnows.

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    • FounderGraeme Blake says

      October 6, 2015 at 4:01 pm

      Because the terms refer to different things. The answer didn’t say every fish in nearby lakes was a healthy fish. It just said the lakes have many healthy fish. (Are teeming with = have many)

      Be careful with diagrams. If you draw them wrong, they’ll lead to wrong conclusions.

      Reply

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