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Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:59 am
by kjschutte
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Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:05 am
by CardozoLaw09
This might help
Also, as per TLS guidelines you can't copy and paste the entire question and answer choices in your post so edit that out and just leave the PT#Section and Question #
Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:08 am
by ManOfTheMinute
how can D possibly be correct? I think if you just sleep on this you'll wake up and see why its B. As an aside, be wary of D simply because it removes the caveat of "children under 6" and simply states "children," which the question does not really talk about.
Also, TLS mods are gonna kill you for C&Ping that
Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:10 am
by ManoftheHour
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Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:18 am
by Dr. Dre
ManOfTheMinute wrote:TLS mods are gonna kill you for C&Ping that
Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:27 am
by kjschutte
Thanks for letting me know!
Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:37 am
by Dr. Dre
this is the best explanation:
CristopherG wrote:
To summarize succinctly;
(1) Everyone can swim in the pool.
(2) Children under the age of 6 cannot swim in the pool from 12 - closing
lead to conclusions
(i) therefore, if there is a child under the age of 6 in the neighbourhood, the pool must be open before 12. (Answer B) or;
(ii) therefore, if the pool opens at 12, there are no children under the age of 6 in the neighbourhood (contrapositive to answer B)
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Re: Question about a logical reasoning question
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:39 am
by Ave
ManoftheHour wrote:kjschutte wrote:
Even if there are children in the neighborhood, it doesn't mean they will swim in it just because they are permitted to.
You should get rid of that quote.