LSAT 131 – Section 1 – Question 21

LSAT 131 - Section 1 - Question 21

December 2009

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT131 S1 Q21	+LR +Exp	Most strongly supported +MSS Conditional Reasoning +CondR Kick It Up +KIU	A 4% 159 B 25% 162 C 5% 158 D 62% 167 E 3% 160	152 161 170	+Hardest	147.383 +SubsectionMedium

Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space. If the sliding doors are open, as may happen in summer, this effect will be created if it does not already exist and intensified if it does. The effect remains quite strong during colder months if the garden is well coordinated with the room and contributes strong visual interest of its own.

Summary

A Designer says that any garden and adjoining living room separated by a sliding glass door can visually merge into a single space. If the doors are left open, this effect will be created if it is not already present. If they are already visually merged, the effect will be intensified. If the garden is well coordinated with the room and contributes a strong visual interest, the effect will remain quite strong during colder months.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

If the sliding doors are closed, this effect can/cannot be present.

If the doors are left open, this effect will be present.

A garden separated from an adjoining living room by closed sliding glass doors cannot be well coordinated with the room unless the garden contributes strong visual interest.

The stimulus does not give this condition. The stimulus only says that being well coordinated and contributing a strong visual interest is sufficient for the effect to remain strong in the winter.

In cold weather, a garden and an adjoining living room separated from one another by sliding glass doors will not visually merge into a single space unless the garden is well coordinated with the room.

This is too strong to support. The stimulus says that the effect will remain *strong* if the room is well coordinated and contributes a strong visual interest. The stimulus gives no condition that can conclude that the room does not visually merge.

A garden and an adjoining living room separated by sliding glass doors cannot visually merge in summer unless the doors are open.

This is antisupported. The doors being open in the summer *enhances* the effect if it is already present and provides the effect if it is not.

A garden can visually merge with an adjoining living room into a single space even if the garden does not contribute strong visual interest of its own.

This reflects the reasoning in the stimulus. The room contributing a strong visual interest is only linked to the effect remaining quite strong during *colder* months. The room can still visually merge without this condition.

Except in summer, opening the sliding glass doors that separate a garden from an adjoining living room does not intensify the effect of the garden and room visually merging into a single space.

This is antisupported. The stimulus only uses summer as an example, not a definitive rule. The stimulus says that the effect will be enhanced or created if the doors are left open and does not specify any time of year.

LSAT 131 – Section 1 – Question 21

LSAT 131 - Section 1 - Question 21

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