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LSAT CR - "Senators"

by smclean23 » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:26 pm
No senator spoke at the convention unless he or she was a Democrat. No Democrat both spoke at the convention and was a senator.
Which one of the following conclusions can be correctly drawn from the statements above?
(A) No one but senators spoke at the convention.
(B) No Democrat spoke at the convention.
(C) Only Democrats spoke at the convention.
(D) No senator spoke at the convention.
(E) Some Democrat senators spoke at the convention.


Answer is D
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by stubbornp » Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:18 am
imo D
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by smclean23 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:24 am
What was your reasoning for D?
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by hengirl03 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:39 am
It D. the first sentence states that only Democrat Senators could speak at the convention. The second sentence states that one could only speak at the convention or be a Senator at the convention, but one can't do both.

Therefore, no Democratic Senators could speak at the convention.
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by stubbornp » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:22 pm
Bcoz Senator can't speak unless he was an democrat..

E limits the scope by using some,otherwise it should be the better one...hope u understand...
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by NSNguyen » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:19 am
IMO: C
Democrats who are not senators can speak at the convention
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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 2:13 am
In my opinion C is the most logical one.
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