LSAT 148 – Section 1 – Question 22

LSAT 148 - Section 1 - Question 22

December 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT148 S1 Q22
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Quantifier +Quant
Math +Math
A
7%
159
B
4%
158
C
21%
158
D
65%
165
E
3%
157
148
157
166
 +Harder 142.771 +SubsectionEasier

Most of the new cars that Regis Motors sold last year were purchased by residents of Blomenville. Regis Motors sold more new cars last year than it did in any previous year. Still, most new cars purchased by Blomenville residents last year were not purchased from Regis Motors.

Summary
Most of the new cars that Regis Motors sold last year were purchased by Blomenville residents. Still, most new cars purchased by Blomenville residents were not purchased from Regis Motors. However, Regis Motors sold more new cars last year than it did in any previous year.

Notable Valid Inferences
Last year Blomenville residents purchased a greater number of new cars than Regis Motors sold.

A
Regis Motors sold more new cars to residents of Blomenville last year than they had in any previous year.
Could be false. The stimulus tells us Regis sold more new cars last year than it did in any previous year, but we do not know that if these new cars were sold to Blomenville residents. It is possible that Regis sold more new cars to Blomenville residents in previous years.
B
The total number of new cars purchased by residents of Blomenville was greater last year than it was in any previous year.
Could be false. The stimulus does not give us any information about the number of cars Blomenville residents purchased in other years. It is possible that residents purchased more cars in previous years compared to last year.
C
A car retailer other than Regis Motors sold the most new cars to residents of Blomenville last year.
Could be false. We don’t know from the stimulus how many other car retailers other than Regis Motors sell to Blomenville residents. It is possible that Regis still sold most of the new cars to residents.
D
The number of new cars purchased last year by residents of Blomenville is greater than the number of new cars sold by Regis Motors.
Must be true. If most new cars that residents purchased were not from Regis Motors, and most new cars sold by Regis were purchased by residents, then it must be true that the total number of new cars purchased by residents is greater than the total number of cars sold by Regis.
E
Regis Motors’ share of the new car market in Blomenville last year increased over its share the year before.
Could be false. The stimulus does not give us any information about Regis Motor’s market share to make this claim. We cannot assume that just because Regis sold more new cars that their market share increased.

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