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Inference question

by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:24 am
The percentage of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is higher in Merton county than in any other county. However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county. If the statements above are true, which of the following can properly be concluded on the basis of them?

A. No household in Merton county has an annual income of $60,000 or more.

B. Some households in Merton county have an annual income between $40,000 and $60,000.

C. The number of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is greater in Merton than in Sommer county.

D. Average annual household income is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.

E. The percentage of households with an annual income of $80,000 is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:39 am
IMO B
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by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:07 am
HI,


IMO B.
However OA is different :(

Somebody please explain.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:23 am
Let me try one more time .. :twisted:
C this time ..
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by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:48 am
I think the OA is wrong.
But m not too sure of my answer either, it ws B
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by raunekk » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:08 am
is it C??

Coz in my opinion..Some in B is not a strong word to prove highest percentage of household have more than $40000 income..


additional explanation if its C is OA...:)


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by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:27 am
raunekk wrote:is it C??

Coz in my opinion..Some in B is not a strong word to prove highest percentage of household have more than $40000 income..


additional explanation if its C is OA...:)


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Infact C SHOULD BE ELIMINATED FIRST amongst all the choices.

If X% is more than Y%, IT DOES NOT MEAN that X > Y

Because here the base (x and y can be the percentage of same base or 2 different bases) is not clear.
And secondly, 30% of 100 < 5% of 1000, (though 30>5)

No the OA is not C.
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by raunekk » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:49 am
hmmmmm.....


if its not B...ten it has to be E..

Tats obvious...

If somer is having highest percentage of more than $60000..
and If morset is having the highest percentage of more than $40000

tat means maximum of morset's are b/w 40000-60000..

thus sommer can only have higher percentage of 80000 annual income..

D is out ..we cannot say anythg from averages..

B as i said.. i dont find some a convincing word..

wats d OA??

IMO:E

infact, neither of them is convncing..

may i know d source pls..
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by NSNguyen » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:08 am
i would go with E,
same percentage,
However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county.
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by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:12 am
raunekk wrote:hmmmmm.....


if its not B...ten it has to be E..

Tats obvious...

If somer is having highest percentage of more than $60000..
and If morset is having the highest percentage of more than $40000

tat means maximum of morset's are b/w 40000-60000..

thus sommer can only have higher percentage of 80000 annual income..

D is out ..we cannot say anythg from averages..

B as i said.. i dont find some a convincing word..

wats d OA??

IMO:E

infact, neither of them is convncing..

may i know d source pls..
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E is absolutely ruled out, because from the passage we can infer that, the population is tagged in slabs.

"somer is having highest percentage of more than $60000", dosent mean tht it also has the highest % of more than 80000.

Just as morset has highest % of more than 40000, but still somer has highest % of more than 60000, it is possible then again tht morset has the highest % of more than 80000 !!!
Or it can also be tht some 3rd county has > 80000k

Thus E CANNOT be inferred.

Also, THE LSAT DEFINITION OF "SOME" IS "1 - 100", I.E ATLEAST ONE !!!
There is no cap on the maximum. "Some" can be 1, 50 and also 99.

IMO B
OA E, which i think is wrong, though i seek some expert opinion to be sure.




If a particular household is having 70K, it will be in group 2 alone and not in group
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by raunekk » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:29 am
"somer is having highest percentage of more than $60000", dosent mean tht it also has the highest % of more than 80000

in my opinion..

firstly,

dosent mean tht it also has the highest % of more than 80000
E says % of household having 80,000 is higher and not it has the highest % of more than 80000


"thr is a difference between higher and highest!!"

secondly,

it is possible then again tht morset has the highest % of more than 80000 !!!
if this wud have been the case then stimulus wont say

"the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county"

This is an inference question ..so cannot doubt the info given..

Also,

If B wud have been.." Most households in Merton county have an annual income between $40,000 and $60,000."

then i wud have definately went with it...

And,

i have read somewhr.
in inference questions.." infer less"...

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by annakool1009 » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:07 am
raunekk wrote:

Also,
If B wud have been.." Most households in Merton county have an annual income between $40,000 and $60,000."

then i wud have definately went with it...


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This is clearly implied in the questions. !!!

Otherwise, how is it possible tht Morset has households with income >40000, but Somer has households with income more than 60000.
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by NSNguyen » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:10 am
The percentage of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is higher in Merton county than in any other county. However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county

1, Merton have percentage of people with income > 40000 USD than any other county

2, Sommer have percentage of people with income > 60000 USD than any other county

1 and 2 - > E is OA
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Re: Inference question

by mgq » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:54 pm
annakool1009 wrote:The percentage of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is higher in Merton county than in any other county. However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county. If the statements above are true, which of the following can properly be concluded on the basis of them?

A. No household in Merton county has an annual income of $60,000 or more.

B. Some households in Merton county have an annual income between $40,000 and $60,000.

C. The number of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is greater in Merton than in Sommer county.

D. Average annual household income is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.

E. The percentage of households with an annual income of $80,000 is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.
I think we dont need to consider so complex. we dont need to consider the options that the information above didn't mention
the information mention "percentage" which means not all but part so
A.NO household means all , sounds too extream incorrect

B.between 40000-60000 the information gives us is higher than 40000 wrong

C.we dont know greater or not

D. average annual..... (irrelevent)it doesn't mention in the information

E. correct match the information mention above
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Re: Inference question

by santa_dem » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:55 am
mgq wrote:
annakool1009 wrote:The percentage of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is higher in Merton county than in any other county. However, the percentage of households with an annual income of $60,000 or more is highest in Sommer county. If the statements above are true, which of the following can properly be concluded on the basis of them?

A. No household in Merton county has an annual income of $60,000 or more.

B. Some households in Merton county have an annual income between $40,000 and $60,000.

C. The number of households with an annual income of more than $40,000 is greater in Merton than in Sommer county.

D. Average annual household income is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.

E. The percentage of households with an annual income of $80,000 is higher in Sommer than in Merton county.
I think we dont need to consider so complex. we dont need to consider the options that the information above didn't mention
the information mention "percentage" which means not all but part so
A.NO household means all , sounds too extream incorrect

B.between 40000-60000 the information gives us is higher than 40000 wrong

C.we dont know greater or not

D. average annual..... (irrelevent)it doesn't mention in the information

E. correct match the information mention above
I disagree. Sommer county may have zero households with income above 80.000, if 100% of its households have income between 60.000 and 80.000. 100 % is better than anything Merton County can pull-off.

However, let's consider that 100% of the Merton Conty households have an income between 40.000 and 60.000, while Sommer has 20% below 40.000 and 80% above 60.000.

above 40.000 - 100% > 80%
above 60.000 - 0% < 80 %.

This leads us to answer B.
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