LSAT 124 – Section 3 – Question 19

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PT124 S3 Q19
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Must be true +MBT
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164
B
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153
C
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150
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An editor is compiling a textbook containing essays by several different authors. The book will contain essays by Lind, Knight, or Jones, but it will not contain essays by all three. If the textbook contains an essay by Knight, then it will also contain an essay by Jones.

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The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:

Notable Valid Inferences
If there is an essay by Knight, then there won’t be an essay by Lind.

There can be a maximum of two authors in the textbook.

A
If the textbook contains an essay by Lind, then it will not contain an essay by Knight.
This must be true. As shown in the diagram, Knight and Lind cannot both be included in the textbook. Including Knight means we must also include Jones. This implies that we cannot include Lind, since we cannot include all three authors.
B
The textbook will contain an essay by only one of Lind, Knight, and Jones.
This could be false. It could be the case that two authors are included in the textbook.
C
The textbook will not contain an essay by Knight.
This could be false. The textbook could contain an essay by Knight and Jones.
D
If the textbook contains an essay by Lind, then it will also contain an essay by Jones.
This could be false. The textbook could contain an essay by only Lind.
E
The textbook will contain an essay by Lind.
This could be false. It could be the case that only Knight and Jones are in the textbook.

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