This argument is filled with conditional statements and, on the surface, appears convoluted. It’s best to take each piece and understand the underlying logic. The first sentence states that if Agnes’s proposal is approved, then the fourth floor lab will be cleaned out. Next, we learn that if Immanue...

25. (B) Question Type: Identify a Flaw Always be wary of study-based arguments that utilize statistics. Making invalid inferences from percentages is a common logical error on the LSAT. The form this usually takes is incorrectly shifting either between actual numbers and percentages, or between perc...

22. (D) Question Type: Application: Match the Reasoning First we need to strip the content of the argument and pare it down to its logical essentials. Here, this looks something like this: If X (election) -> option 1 or 2 (vote or not) If option 1 -> result A (satisfaction) If option 2 -> r...

19. (D) Question Type: Explain a Result A group of insomniacs are being studied for one month at an institute. Half are given a new drug, half are given a placebo. The results for both groups are exactly the same: 80% report relief in the first two weeks, and then, in the third week, 90% of that 80%...

16. (C) Question Type: Application: Choose an Example to Illustrate a Principle This argument can be boiled down to two conditional statements: 1. Raise revenue & burden only and all those targeted ? effective 2. Do not raise revenue & cost significant $ to enforce ? ineffective Our task is ...

13. (A) Question Type: Identify a Flaw After testifying in the trial, Tagowa stepped outside and publicly affirmed her belief that Pemberton was guilty. But, the jury found Pemberton not guilty. Hence, the author concludes that the jury did not believe Tagowa. The problem here centers on "belief." ...

10. (E) Question Type: Assumption As indicated by the argument structure and the keyword "should," the conclusion of the argument is that the electric plant should be approved. The supporting premise for this conclusion is that no good arguments have been offered against the plant. The final senten...

7. (C) Question Type: Explain a Result In test plantings, hybrid strains produced significantly higher yields. But in many parts of the world, hybrid strains have not led to increased yields. The correct answer will explain this. Answer choice (C) provides a reason why the test plantings out-perform...

Question Type: Inference This argument is best worked by symbolizing the statements. From the first sentence, we get L --> -P (contrapositive P --> -L). Next, we learn that some P = A. Finally, R --> -P and thus (P --> -R). We can (and should) "connect the dots" with these statements, b...

Question Type: Identify the Disagreement Glen states that 1. Emphasis on law procedure leads to indifference, and 2. Law should create virtuous citizens. Sara states that 1. Such a role (creating virtuous citizens) would be more dangerous than government’s being overprotective of individuals’ rights...

Excellent discussion, all! For the record, (B) is the correct answer to #6 because it violates the m/p/i rule. LSATLIFER's original post regarding this game includes a sound strategy for this question, I believe: Throw out the old rule and be sure to also rule out any deductions or inferences made w...

Question Type: Explain a Result Heart attacks are most likely to occur on Mondays. Though it was once thought that this was related to work stress, new research shows that even unemployed retirees are more likely to have heart attacks on Mondays. This is the "unexpected" result typical of these que...

Question Type: Determine the Function Lance concludes that every general rule has an exception, as evidenced by experience. Frank argues that Lance’s conclusion is itself a general rule (" every general rule..."). He then states that since this rule cannot itself have an exception (a rule with no e...

Question Type: Determine the Function Rifka concludes that we do not need to stop for directions, because we’d only need to do that if we were lost. The implication is that we are not lost. Craig states that we are, in fact, lost, and that we therefore need to stop for directions. Craig arrives at a...

Question Type: Match the Flaw This is a good example of how modifiers can create logical confusion _ in this case, the modifier "intentionally." Dana intentionally watered the plant. Her actions led to the plant’s death. Therefore Dana intentionally killed the plant? This conclusion is unwarranted....

Question Type: Identify a Flaw Chinh compares TV producers and the viewing public to great painters and museum-goers. Lana says TV producers are more like CEOs than artists. Both parties utilize an analogy to make their argument, which is quite common on the LSAT. Lana disagrees with Chinh’s analogy...

3. (B) Question Type: Weaken Ms. Garon worked as an assembly-line worker, requiring no special skills, and later became president of the company. Therefore, Acme offers unskilled workers excellent advancement opportunities. The glaring assumption here is that Ms. Garon was unskilled, simply because ...

1. (E) Question Type: Identify a Flaw People don’t swim at night because they’re afraid of sharks. All recent shark attacks have occurred in the daytime. The author concludes from these facts that swimming at night is NOT more "dangerous" than swimming during the day. Reading like a debater, a ques...

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