LSAT 9 – Section 4 – Question 16

LSAT 9 - Section 4 - Question 16

October 1993

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT9 S4 Q16
+LR
Must be true +MBT
A
5%
159
B
8%
159
C
1%
162
D
5%
157
E
81%
165
129
144
158
 +Medium 146.711 +SubsectionMedium
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We should recognize this as a must be true question, as it asks: If both G’s assertions and H’s assertions are true, which one of the following must also be true*?*

This MBT question takes the form of a dialogue between “G” and “H”. G thinks the Met art show is biased because more photographs were shown despite equal submissions between photographs, sculptures, and paintings. So it seems like photographs were selected at higher rates despite applying at the same rate. H counters this accusation of bias by informing us that all and only those works that met the traditional criteria were submitted. An all and only statement indicates a biconditional, in this case: met criteria ←→ exhibited. Every application that met the criteria was exhibited, and every exhibited artwork met the criteria. In that case it seems like, rather than bias, more sculptures and paintings just didn’t meet the traditional criteria this year. Since the criteria is traditional, we can infer it is the same as prior years, and therefore doesn’t represent a change that could be biased. Let’s see the answer choices:

Answer Choice (A) This must be false as we were told there were equal numbers of submissions between categories, and each artist was only allowed to submit work in one category.

Answer Choice (B) All the exhibited artworks did, but since all the artworks that met the criteria were exhibitted, and not all submitted works were exhibited, then some submitted works did not meet the traditional criteria.
Answer Choice (C) We are told nothing about comparative quality.

Answer Choice (D) For all we know all submitted photographs were accepted.

Correct Answer Choice (E) Bingo! Based on our biconditional and the fact that more photographs were exhibited, more photograph submissions must have met the traditional criteria.

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