LSAT 104 – Section 4 – Question 17

LSAT 104 - Section 4 - Question 17

December 1998

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT104 S4 Q17
+LR
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
89%
169
B
3%
159
C
4%
164
D
1%
157
E
3%
158
138
147
157
 +Medium 147.438 +SubsectionMedium

The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit theater group, has always been financially dependent on contributions from corporations and would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support. But the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout the year, but has recently announced its schedule for next year.

Summary
If any of the Green Ensemble’s corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support, the group would have been forced to disband this year. But the Green Ensemble did not disband this year.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
None of the corporate sponsors of the Green Ensemble withdrew their financial support. (We know that if any had withdrawn, the Ensemble would have shut down. But it didn’t shut down. So there’s no way any corporate sponsor could have withdrawn financial support.)

A
None of the Green Ensemble’s corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year.
Must be true, because we know the Ensemble has not shut down. This triggers the contrapositive of the first sentence, which tells us that none of the corporate sponsors could have withdrawn their financial support.
B
Earlier this year the Green Ensemble found other sources of funding for next year, making the group less dependent on corporations for financial support.
We don’t know that the Ensemble got funding from other sources. It may have gotten all of its funding from corporate sponsors.
C
During this year corporate funding for the Green Ensemble has been steadily increasing.
We don’t know whether corporate funding has increased or decreased. All we know is that no corporate sponsor withdrew financial support.
D
This year corporate funding was the source of more than half of the Green Ensemble’s income.
We don’t know what proportion of the Ensemble’s funding comes from corporate sponsors.
E
Corporate funding for nonprofit theater groups like the Green Ensemble has recently increased.
We don’t know whether corporate funding has increased. All we know is that no corporate sponsor withdrew financial support.

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