LSAT 142 – Section 1 – Question 24

LSAT 142 - Section 1 - Question 24

December 2014

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT142 S1 Q24
+LR
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
3%
158
B
66%
166
C
2%
155
D
4%
156
E
25%
159
152
159
166
 +Harder 145.991 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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Any driver involved in an accident leading to personal injury or property damage exceeding $500 is legally required to report the accident to the department of motor vehicles, unless the driver is incapable of doing so. Ted is not required to report the accident in which he was involved as a driver.

Summary
If an accident led to personal injury and the driver can report the accident, then the driver is required to report the accident.
If an accident led to over $500 of property damage and the driver can report the accident, then the driver is required to report the accident.
Ted is not required to report his accident.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
If Ted is capable of reporting his accident, then the accident didn’t lead to personal injury and it didn’t lead to over $500 of damage.
If the accident led to personal injury or to over $500 of damage, then Ted is incapable of reporting it.

A
If Ted is incapable of reporting the accident, then the accident did not lead to property damage exceeding $500.
Unsupported. Like (D), we don’t know what happened if Ted is incapable of reporting the accident; he wouldn’t be required to report it anyway. We only know that if he is capable of reporting it, then it didn’t lead to personal injury and it didn’t lead to over $500 of damage.
B
If Ted’s car was damaged in excess of $500 in the accident, then he is incapable of reporting the accident to the department of motor vehicles.
Very strongly supported. If the accident caused over $500 of property damage and Ted is capable of reporting it, then he’s required to report it. But Ted is not required to report it. So, if it caused over $500 of damage, Ted must be incapable of reporting the accident.

C
Someone other than Ted is legally required to report the accident to the department of motor vehicles.
Unsupported. Just because Ted isn’t required to report the accident doesn’t mean that someone else is. It’s possible that no one needs to report it.
D
If Ted is incapable of reporting the accident to the department of motor vehicles, then he was injured in the accident.
Unsupported. Like (A), we don’t know what happened if Ted is incapable of reporting the accident; he wouldn’t be required to report it anyway. We only know that if he is capable of reporting it, then it didn’t lead to personal injury and it didn’t lead to over $500 of damage.
E
Either no one was injured in the accident or the accident did not lead to property damage exceeding $500.
Unsupported. It’s possible that the accident did cause personally injury and over $500 of property damage but Ted isn’t required to report it because he’s incapable of reporting it.

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