LSAT 154 – Section 1 – Question 23

LSAT 154 - Section 1 - Question 23

September 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT154 S1 Q23
+LR
+Exp
Must be true +MBT
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
11%
158
B
3%
157
C
57%
165
D
24%
161
E
5%
156
148
160
171
 +Hardest 147.621 +SubsectionMedium

Inventor: All highly successful entrepreneurs have as their main desire the wish to leave a mark on the world. Highly successful entrepreneurs are unique in that whenever they see a solution to a problem, they implement that idea. All other people see solutions to problems but are too interested in leisure time or job security to always have the motivation to implement their ideas.

Summary

The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:

Notable Valid Inferences

People who implement the solutions that they see whenever they detect them have as their main desire the wish to leave a mark on the world.

A
Most people do not want to leave a mark on the world because trying to do so would reduce their leisure time or job security.

Could be false. The stimulus does not discuss quantities, so we cannot infer what “most people” don’t want.

B
All people who invariably implement their solutions to problems have at least some interest in leisure time or job security.

Could be false. We don’t know anything about how interested in leisure time or job security the invariable problem solvers are.

C
The main desire of all people who implement solutions whenever they detect them is to leave a mark on the world.

Must be true. As shown below, implementing solutions whenever one detects them is a sufficient condition for having one’s main desire be to leave a mark on the world.

D
Generally, highly successful entrepreneurs’ interests in leisure time or job security are not strong enough to have a negative impact on their ability to see solutions to problems.

Could be false. From the stimulus, we just know that when highly successful entrepreneurs see solutions, they implement the solutions. We don’t know anything about how often they see solutions, or what factors influence their ability to see solutions.

E
All people whose main desire is to implement their solutions to problems leave a mark on the world.

Could be false. The stimulus discusses people who implement their solutions, not people whose main desire is to implement their solutions. Similarly, the stimulus discusses those whose main desire is to leave a mark on the world, not those who actually leave a mark.

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