PT91.S2.Q19 - thriving population of turtles in a pond

Confidence150Confidence150 Alum Member
edited October 2021 in Logical Reasoning 1417 karma

I am not sure why answer choice C is incorrect for PT 91 (LR) Q19. Can someone explain to me? Thank you.

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  • Juan Carlos-1Juan Carlos-1 Member
    69 karma

    Do you know how you were able to access PT 91 or 92? I have been looking on 7 Sage but have not been able to find it? Thank you!

  • Confidence150Confidence150 Alum Member
    1417 karma

    @"Juan Carlos-1" PT 91 and 92 is on LSAC LawHub.

  • 279 karma

    @Confidence123
    In an SA Q we need something that guarantees the conclusion follows 100%.
    The structure is:
    Thriving Population -> Beneficial Conditions


    /Thriving Population @ WPond

    Clearly A->B, Thus /B, so we need /A i.e. /Beneficial Conditions

    The extra bit tells us the water a WPond is acidic. So Acidic = /Beneficial Conditions.

    What do we know about the water at SPond? Nothing except that it is not acidic. C wants us to make the jump and assume that it is more beneficial. But is it alkaline? Is it PH neutral? Do turtles need either one of those environments and don't tolerate the other? Is there leaking toxic chemical waste from an underground storage well? Is a local farmer dumping excess pesticides secretly?
    There could be a million reasons why SPond is not more beneficial for turtles and there is no way to trigger that contrapositive that we want.

    Hope this helps;.

  • Confidence150Confidence150 Alum Member
    1417 karma

    Thank you so much @LawyeringForLife . Best of luck

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