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Inquiring regards Drill. 118, 119, 158--2 LG Drill.1-RC D,

by RogerD345 Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:53 pm

Pg.679. (Drill.118) Q.1.

Hi. there are two
boxes of

T T
Q Q


i think you guys meant each boxes of

T Q
Q T

Pg.680. (Drill.118) Q.2.

because Gelato can be only served with Pizza, and Brownies cannot served consecutively, Desserts section do not make sense. actually i think this game itself has a huge flawed due to that nature.

Pg.684. (Drill.119) Q.15.

This is not exactly wrong and exactly right situation.
even though the explanation features is also correct. the diagram provided with question is also not wrong and workable in real LSAT.

Pg.684. (Drill.119) Q.18. The answer should be N.

PG.846's (Drill. 158) Q.30, I am sure Prevailing should be categorized as Good rather than Neutral
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Re: Inquiring regards Drill. 118, 119, 158--2 LG Drill.1-RC D,

by ohthatpatrick Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:17 pm

Pg.679. (Drill.118) Q.1.

i think you guys meant each boxes of

T Q
Q T


Correct, thanks!


Pg.680. (Drill.118) Q.2.

because Gelato can be only served with Pizza, and Brownies cannot served consecutively, Desserts section do not make sense. actually i think this game itself has a huge flawed due to that nature.


I'm not sure what you mean. It says Gelato will be offered with the pizza, not "gelato can only be offered with the pizza".
There can be as many G's as we want in the top row. (there will always be a minimum of 3, in order to prevent BB from occurring)



Pg.684. (Drill.119) Q.15.

This is not exactly wrong and exactly right situation.
even though the explanation features is also correct. the diagram provided with question is also not wrong and workable in real LSAT.


Right .... you're saying that the original symbolization of Q15 is not wrong, in that everything it says it accurate.
That's true, but it is incomplete in an important way, so that's why the book is saying that this was not represented correctly.

Since there must be one in and one out, Q15 could also be written
~Q --> R
~R --> Q

The double-sided arrows in the answer key are showing one acceptable way of conveying everything the rule tells you. What is shown in the initial Q15 does not convey everything the rule tells you.

If we said a rule like "J comes immediately before H"
and then it was symbolized as J - H
you would say that we did not represent that correctly, right?

Nevertheless, in game with a rule that says "J comes immediately before H", it will always be true that J - H.
But we would say "J - H" isn't a correct way of representing the rule because it doesn't convey everything the rule tells you.
It's not JUST that J is before H; it's also that J is next to H.

Pg.684. (Drill.119) Q.18. The answer should be N.


Thanks, this is messed up alright. The correct rule would look like
K - G - I or I - G - K
or if you prefer the more succinct option
K/I - G - I/K



PG.846's (Drill. 158) Q.30, I am sure Prevailing should be categorized as Good rather than Neutral


I would call it neutral. 'Prevailing' just means 'the mainstream opinion', but LSAT doesn't consider something to be good/right just because it's the mainstream opinion.

The prevailing view of Republican politicians in the US is that climate change is not a serious threat caused by human activity.

Am I saying that's a good view? :shock: