LSAT 62 – Section 2 – Question 17

LSAT 62 - Section 2 - Question 17

December 2010

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT62 S2 Q17
+LR
Sufficient assumption +SA
A
58%
166
B
3%
158
C
6%
156
D
6%
159
E
28%
158
150
160
169
 +Hardest 148.345 +SubsectionMedium

This is a tough SA question that doesn't make itself easily translatable into Lawgic.

The argument in the stimulus:

(Premise) without health, happiness is not obtainable
(Premise, using Group 3 translation) happiness --> not sacrifice health [meaning you have health or you are healthy]

___________
(Conclusion) never sacrifice health to acquire money
(Conclusion, using Group 4 translation) acquire money --> not sacrifice health

So what's missing?
(sufficient assumption) acquire money --> happiness
(sufficient assumption) acquire money only if not make happiness unobtainable. The double negation "not" and "un" cancel out.

Together, we get:
acquire money --> happiness --> not sacrifice health
___________
acquire money --> not sacrifice health

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Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logic Games

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