Vyshak wrote:
Hi
chetan2u,
This is a LSAT question and the OA is C. Could you please rectify the below mentioned doubts:
1) What is the question asking us to do? (My thinking is that the question is asking us to pick an answer which cannot be true in the occurred order of events)
2) Can you please explain why C is the correct answer and not E?
Hi
Vyshak,
firstly It is a tough Q and easy to error if we donot get the crux of the Q..
1) What is the question asking us to do? (My thinking is that the question is asking us to pick an answer which cannot be true in the occurred order of events)
The entire events/statements in PARA are TRUE. We are to find which does not fall into 'could be true'
this means " all choices can be true unless it CONTRADICTS the info provided in the Para2) Can you please explain why C is the correct answer and not E?[/quote]
If you follow all choices can be true unless it CONTRADICTS the info provided in the Para, you can come to correct choicewhat info is correct as per para..
1. the police merely gave Alicia a warning.
2. Peter Foster did the same thing and was charged with automobile theft.
3. Peter came to the attention of the police because the car he was driving was hit by a speeding taxi.
4.Alicia was stopped because the car she was driving had defective taillights.
5.It is true that the car Peter took got damaged and the car Alicia took did not, but since it was the taxi that caused the damage this difference was not due to any difference in the blameworthiness of their behavior.
CONCLUSION:- Therefore, Alicia should also have been charged with automobile theft
(C) Peter Foster was hit by the taxi while he was running a red light, whereas Alicia Green drove with extra care to avoid drawing the attention of the police to the car she had taken.
If this is TRUE, Peter was to be blamed for the accident as he was crossing the red light, BUT this goes against what (5) tells us "since it was the taxi that caused the damage this difference was not due to any difference in the blameworthiness of their behavior. "
so only one can be TRUE : C or point 5.. but we are told 5 is true, so C is wrong(E) Peter Foster had been cited for speeding twice in the preceding month, whereas Alicia Green had never been cited for a traffic violation.
We cannot fight the authencity of this info, as there is nothing given in the para about itHope it helped