LSAT 125 – Section 4 – Question 19

LSAT 125 - Section 4 - Question 19

June 2008

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Choices		 Curve Question
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PT125 S4 Q19
+LR
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
A
1%
151
B
92%
163
C
1%
153
D
2%
154
E
4%
155
133
141
149
 +Easier 145.982 +SubsectionMedium

Cyclists in the Tour de France are extremely physically fit: all of the winners of this race have had abnormal physiological constitutions. Typical of the abnormal physiology of these athletes are exceptional lung capacity and exceptionally powerful hearts. Tests conducted on last year’s winner did not reveal an exceptionally powerful heart. That cyclist must, therefore, have exceptional lung capacity.

A
having exceptional lung capacity and an exceptionally powerful heart is an advantage in cycling
This possibility doesn’t undermine the argument’s reasoning. The author may agree that these qualities give one an advantage in cycling.
B
some winners of the Tour de France have neither exceptional lung capacity nor exceptionally powerful hearts
This possibility, if true, shows that last year’s winner doesn’t have to have an exceptional lung capacity. It’s possible that they had neither an exceptionally powerful heart nor exceptional lung capacity.
C
cyclists with normal lung capacity rarely have exceptionally powerful hearts
This possibility doesn’t undermine the argument, because it doesn’t relate to whether someone without an exceptionally powerful heart will have an exceptional lung capacity.
D
the exceptional lung capacity and exceptionally powerful hearts of Tour de France winners are due to training
This possibility doesn’t undermine the argument. The author could agree that these features are due to training.
E
the notions of exceptional lung capacity and exceptional heart function are relative to the physiology of most cyclists
The author concludes that last year’s winner has exceptional lung capacity. Whether this is relative to most cyclists doesn’t change the fact that the author still believes last year’s winner has exceptional lung capacity, because they don’t have an exceptionally powerful heart.

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