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by thephoenix » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:57 pm
Whenever she considers voting in an election to select one candidate for a position and there is at least one issue important to her, Kay uses the following principle in choosing which course of action to take: it is acceptable for me to vote for a candidate whose opinions differ from mine on at least one issue important to me whenever I disagree with each of the other candidates on even more such issues; it is otherwise unacceptable to vote for that candidate. In the upcoming mayoral election, the three candidates are Legrand, Medina, and Norton. There is only one issue important to Kay, and only Medina shares her opinion on that issue.
22. If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true about Kay's course of action in any election to select one candidate for a position?
(A) If there are no issues important to her, it is unacceptable for to vote for any candidate in the election.
(B) If she agrees with each of the candidates on most of the issues important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for any candidate in the election.
(C) If she agrees with a particular candidate on only one issue important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for that candidate.
(D) If she disagrees with each of the candidates on exactly three issues important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for any candidate in the election.
(E) If there are more issues important to her on which she disagrees with a particular candidate than there are such issues on which she agrees with that candidate, it is unacceptable for to vote for that candidate.
23. According to the principle stated in the passage, in the upcoming mayoral election
(A) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for either Medina or Legrand, but it is unacceptable for her to vote for Norton
(B) the only unacceptable courses of action are for Kay to vote for Norton and for her to vote for Legrand
(C) it is unacceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates
(D) the only unacceptable course of action is for Kay to vote for Medina
(E) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates

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by Phirozz » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:53 pm
IMO 22.D 23.B

It is possible for Kay to vote for a candidate if her opinions differ from that candidate on less number of important issues than from each of the other candidates.

22. In option D, Kay is disagree with each candidates on exactly three important issues, therefore its not possible to vote for any candidates.

23. Only M shares her opinion with Kay, it means both N and L do not share(N and L share the same position). Since Kay has to vote for only one candidate she can neither vote N nor L.

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by outreach » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:40 am
22 D

The imp thing is the last bit strategy to vote "it is otherwise unacceptable to vote for that candidate. " This implies one of the candidates must have more disagreement than others otherwise she can't vote.

option D is correct bcz:

1) Kay disagrees with all the candidates equally. hence she would run into the "otherwise unacceptable to vote" scenario

2) it compares the level of disagreement between 2 or more candidates. others talk abt a single candidate.

23 B

only 1 issue is imp to Kay. Medina shares her opinion on that issue while others do not. So she cannot vote for others
thephoenix wrote:Whenever she considers voting in an election to select one candidate for a position and there is at least one issue important to her, Kay uses the following principle in choosing which course of action to take: it is acceptable for me to vote for a candidate whose opinions differ from mine on at least one issue important to me whenever I disagree with each of the other candidates on even more such issues; it is otherwise unacceptable to vote for that candidate. In the upcoming mayoral election, the three candidates are Legrand, Medina, and Norton. There is only one issue important to Kay, and only Medina shares her opinion on that issue.
22. If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true about Kay's course of action in any election to select one candidate for a position?
(A) If there are no issues important to her, it is unacceptable for to vote for any candidate in the election.
(B) If she agrees with each of the candidates on most of the issues important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for any candidate in the election.
(C) If she agrees with a particular candidate on only one issue important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for that candidate.
(D) If she disagrees with each of the candidates on exactly three issues important to her, it is unacceptable for her to vote for any candidate in the election.
(E) If there are more issues important to her on which she disagrees with a particular candidate than there are such issues on which she agrees with that candidate, it is unacceptable for to vote for that candidate.
23. According to the principle stated in the passage, in the upcoming mayoral election
(A) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for either Medina or Legrand, but it is unacceptable for her to vote for Norton
(B) the only unacceptable courses of action are for Kay to vote for Norton and for her to vote for Legrand
(C) it is unacceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates
(D) the only unacceptable course of action is for Kay to vote for Medina
(E) it is acceptable for Kay to vote for any of the candidates

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by Phirozz » Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:07 pm
whats the OA ?

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by thephoenix » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:24 pm
Phirozz wrote:whats the OA ?
oa [spoiler]22. D
23. B[/spoiler]

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by joseph32 » Mon May 16, 2016 12:13 am
I would go with option D as the correct option