LSAT 135 – Section 1 – Question 25

LSAT 135 - Section 1 - Question 25

December 2011

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT135 S1 Q25
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
Kick It Up +KIU
A
4%
158
B
5%
156
C
29%
164
D
57%
166
E
5%
157
148
161
175
 +Hardest 146.098 +SubsectionMedium

Interior decorator: All coffeehouses and restaurants are public places. Most well-designed public places feature artwork. But if a public place is uncomfortable it is not well designed, and all comfortable public places have spacious interiors.

Summary

All coffeehouses are public places.

All restaurants are public places.

Most well-designed public places feature artwork.

If a public place is uncomfortable it is not well-designed.

All comfortable public places have spacious interiors.

Notable Valid Inferences

We can connect the conditional statements in the last sentence. If a public place is well-designed, that means it is comfortable. That in turn means the well-designed public place has a spacious interior.

A
Any restaurant that has a spacious interior is comfortable.

Could be false. We know all public places that are comfortable have spacious interiors. That doesn’t imply all public places with spacious interiors are comfortable. They might be uncomfortable places despite having spacious interiors.

B
Most public places that feature artwork are well designed.

Could be false. We know most well-designed public places feature artwork. That doesn’t mean most public places featuring artwork are well-designed. Most A is B doesn’t imply Most B is A.

C
Most coffeehouses that are well designed feature artwork.

Could be false. We know most well-designed public places feature artwork. Coffeehouses are just one kind of public place. The well-designed public places that feature artwork might just be other kinds of public places besides coffeehouses.

D
Any well-designed coffeehouse or restaurant has a spacious interior.

Must be true. Coffeehouses and restaurants are public places. So, if they’re well-designed, they must be comfortable. If they’re comfortable, they have a spacious interior.

E
Any coffeehouse that has a spacious interior is a well-designed public place.

Could be false. We know well-designed public places have spacious interiors. That doesn’t imply all public places with spacious interiors are well-designed. There could be some public places with spacious interiors that are not well-designed.

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