- Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:50 pm
#4613
This one can be approached somewhat mechanically, unlike our more challenging examples on this thread. "People with" is similar enough to our common indicator phrase "People who", which introduces a sufficient condition. So, that first premise becomes Serious Financial Problems -> Happy.
The argument later gives us something that looks almost like the contrapositive statement. That last sentence diagrams out as Can Be Happy -> Financial Problems Solved. Not that it's not exactly the contrapositive - this one doesn't say Serious Financial Problems, but rather Financial Problems.
The answer we're looking for IS the contrapositive, and that's answer E, as explained on the next two pages in the book.
What tripped you up on this one? Was it "people with" not being an exact match for "people who"?
Adam M. Tyson
PowerScore LSAT Instructor
josuecarolina wrote: Actually mods, it would be good if you could address p.2-39 in the homework book, problem 1. "People with serious financial problems". Actually, I got all the drills in this section wrong, except for problem 3...and I didn't chart it right :/ (should I post this as a new post?)Thanks for asking, Josue. Not sure if you ought to start a new thread on this question, but we're here, and it is about conditionality, so let's go for it.
This one can be approached somewhat mechanically, unlike our more challenging examples on this thread. "People with" is similar enough to our common indicator phrase "People who", which introduces a sufficient condition. So, that first premise becomes Serious Financial Problems -> Happy.
The argument later gives us something that looks almost like the contrapositive statement. That last sentence diagrams out as Can Be Happy -> Financial Problems Solved. Not that it's not exactly the contrapositive - this one doesn't say Serious Financial Problems, but rather Financial Problems.
The answer we're looking for IS the contrapositive, and that's answer E, as explained on the next two pages in the book.
What tripped you up on this one? Was it "people with" not being an exact match for "people who"?
Adam M. Tyson
PowerScore LSAT Instructor
Adam M. Tyson
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