LSAT 143 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 143 - Section 4 - Question 24

June 2015

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT143 S4 Q24
+LR
+Exp
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
A
2%
158
B
23%
161
C
9%
161
D
22%
162
E
44%
167
158
167
176
 +Hardest 146.108 +SubsectionMedium

One is likely to feel comfortable approaching a stranger if the stranger is of one’s approximate age. Therefore, long-term friends are probably of the same approximate age as each other since most long-term friendships begin because someone felt comfortable approaching a stranger.

A
presumes, without warrant, that one is likely to feel uncomfortable approaching a person only if that person is a stranger
The argument’s assumption concerns the likelihood of feeling comfortable approaching a stranger based on that stranger’s age. But it doesn’t concern the likelihood of feeling uncomfortable based on that person’s status as a stranger or non-stranger.
B
infers that a characteristic is present in a situation from the fact that that characteristic is present in most similar situations
The conclusion concerns long-term friends and whether they’re likely the same age as each other. But this isn’t based on a premise about situations similar to long-term friendship. One premise directly concerns most long-term friendships.
C
overlooks the possibility that one is less likely to feel comfortable approaching someone who is one’s approximate age if that person is a stranger than if that person is not a stranger
The argument’s assumption concerns the likelihood of feeling comfortable approaching a stranger based on that stranger’s age. But it doesn’t concern the likelihood of feeling comfortable based on that person’s status as a stranger or non-stranger.
D
presumes, without warrant, that one never approaches a stranger unless one feels comfortable doing so
We know most long-term friendships begin when someone felt comfortable approaching a stranger. Even if one can approach a stranger when uncomfortable, we know this doesn’t apply to the long-term friendships we’re concerned about.
E
fails to address whether one is likely to feel comfortable approaching a stranger who is not one’s approximate age
If one is likely to feel comfortable approaching a stranger who’s not of the same age, then that opens the possibility that most long-term friendships could have begun when people of different approx. ages felt comfortable approaching each other.

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