Q23 - Most auto mechanics have extensive

[lhermary]

This stimulus is simple enough however E the correct answer inferences don't line up for me.

Automechanics -M> Extensive experience
Mechanics with extensive experience -M> Understand electronic circuits
____________
Auto Mechanics -M> Understand electronic circuits

E)
Snow removal companies -M> Run lawn care services during summer
Companies that run lawn-care services during that summer -M> Higher additional workers
Snow removal companies -M> hire additional workers in the summers

It doesn't add up

Are we supposed to assume that the inferences are as follows....?
A->B
C->D
A->D

rather then what it looks like in the stimulus (and thus throwing you off)
A->B
(A->B) ->D
A->D

Gracious

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

Are we supposed to assume that the inferences are as follows....?
A->B
C->D
A->D

rather then what it looks like in the stimulus (and thus throwing you off)
A->B
(A->B) ->D
A->D

Good question, though I think in this case, you've slightly misread the chained logic. The stimulus is a flawed argument as one cannot combine two most statements to arrive at a third most statement in the following manner:

Stimulus:
AM -m-> EE
EE -m-> UEC
----------------
AM -m-> UEC

Notation Key: AM - auto mechanics, EE - extensive experience, UEC - understand electronic circuits

The structure we are looking to match is:

A -m-> B
B -m-> C
-----------
A -m-> C

Answer choice (E) has the following structure:

SRC -m-> LCS
LCS -m-> HWS
----------------
SRC -m-> HWS

Notation Key: SRC - snow removal companies, LCS - lawn care services in summer, HWS - hire workers in summer

Let's look at the incorrect answer choices:

(A) is wrong for several reasons. There are no "most" statements and it introduces an issue of causation.
(B) goes wrong in the first sentence. Stating that the most common bird in the region is migratory, does not imply that most birds in the region are migratory.
(C) does not contain two "most" statements in the evidence.
(D) does not connect the two premises in the same way as the stimulus. This argument could have been better if the second premise read, "most photographers who find portrait photography boring find photographing dignitaries especially boring."

Hope that helps!

[513852276]

If for choice B, its conclusion is "hence, few common birds remain in this region during the winter", would this choice be right?

[tommywallach]

No. The argument is about MOST (majorities). The word "few" doesn't have any connection to that.

-t

[seychelles1718]

"Most" is more than half.
How do you quantify "few", then?

[ohthatpatrick]

"few" is quantified as "less than half".

"Few NFL players are women", for example, is a true statement.

"A few NFL players are women" is not a true statement, because "a few" means 3-5, or something like that, but LSAT never tests the "few" vs. "a few" distinction.

When I see , "Few A's are B"
I translate it into "Most A's are ~B"

[krisk743]

I definitely see why E is the correct A/C and this was a dumb question for me to get wrong. However, I was looking for an equivocation as opposed to the issue with Most.

Obviously you can't combine two most statements to arrive at another most conclusion, however, the premise goes from "Auto Mechanics" to "mechanics".....after I reread that I thought the correct a/c would have that similar flaw.


I chose C because I thought it did that when referring to speed tickets and sports cars but i'm annoyed on how I didn't just simply avoid doing it like this and just looking for an A/C that tries to combined 2 Most's to arrive at another Most.


How do I avoid this problem again.....
:/ thanks