Self-study
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Summary
For up to a year after sale, Jones is responsible for repairing any defects in the roof and roof-supporting parts of the house.
The only roof-supporting walls of the house are the exterior walls.
Jones isn’t responsible for any other repairs.
Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
The only walls that Jones is responsible for repairs on are the exterior walls.
8.
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a
Jones did not ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███████████████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ███████
Unsupported. The stimulus gives no indication of what Jones knew.
b
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Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t consider the current condition of any part of the house.
c
the contract does ███ ██████ █████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████████ █████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ████ ███████████
Very strongly supported. The only things Jones is obliged to repair are the roof and any roof-supporting components. And the only roof-supporting walls are exterior walls. So the nonexterior walls aren’t roof-supporting, meaning Jones isn’t obliged to repair them.
d
Smith will be ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ██████ █ ████ █████ █████████ ██ ████████████ ██████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ██ ███████████
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t consider Smith’s obligations at all. We know that Jones has certain obligations for repairs, but that doesn’t mean Smith is responsible for all other repairs. We know nothing of anyone’s obligations except Jones’.
e
in the past █████ ███ ███ ██ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ █████
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t consider what repairs have occurred, if any, or who performed those repairs.