LSAT 8 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q9

LR Question 9 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: It can safely be concluded that there are at least as many…

QUESTION TYPE: Sufficient Assumption

CONCLUSION: There are at least as many trees in Seclee as in Martown.

ANALYSIS: You have to keep an open mind on this question (and on all questions.) The right answer (B) tells us that Martown is within Seclee. So every tree in Martown is also a tree in Seclee. Therefore there have to be at least as many trees in Seclee as in Martown.

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1. This won’t help, if Martown already had many, many more trees than Seclee.
2. CORRECT. This does it. There are at least as many trees in California as there are in Los Angeles (because LA is part of CA.)
3. So? They still have trees. And maybe Seclee is a desert and has none.
4. This doesn’t tell us how many trees each place has.
5. This could be a sign that Martown has more trees.

Recap: The question begins with “It can safely be concluded that there are at least as many”. It is a Sufficient Assumption question. Learn how to master LSAT Sufficient questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.