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Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship.

Which one of the following statements cannot be validly drawn from the above statements?


(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship. Incorrect

it may be possible

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship. Correct

it cant be possible, if Melinda did well on the LSAT or gotten a scholarship than she can admit to lawyer

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible, if any point in the argument happen than she will not become a lawyer

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship. Incorrect

possible

(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible
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Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship.

Which one of the following statements cannot be validly drawn from the above statements?


(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship. Incorrect

it may be possible

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship. Correct

it cant be possible, if Melinda did well on the LSAT or gotten a scholarship than she can admit to lawyer

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible, if any point in the argument happen than she will not become a lawyer

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship. Incorrect

possible

(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible

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Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship

that means
Melinda can not become a lawyer if (she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship )

i.e
Melinda will become a lawyer if (she does not poorly on the LSAT and does get a scholarship )

So in this logic
Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship.
We can infer this .. isn't it ?
May you please revert on the above logic ...
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Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship.

Which one of the following statements cannot be validly drawn from the above statements?


(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship. Incorrect

it may be possible

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship. Correct

it cant be possible, if Melinda did well on the LSAT or gotten a scholarship than she can admit to lawyer

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible, if any point in the argument happen than she will not become a lawyer

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship. Incorrect

possible

(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer. Incorrect

possible

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Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship

that means
Melinda can not become a lawyer if (she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship )

i.e
Melinda will become a lawyer if (she does not poorly on the LSAT and does get a scholarship )

So in this logic
Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship.
We can infer this .. isn't it ?
May you please revert on the above logic ...


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I'm not sure about B. There is or present between two option. if she does any one, she will become lawyer.
so, both cant be needed but both can be happen. Based on this I choose B.
Between A & B any one can be right answer
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Hi Brunnel

Can you please help me understand why A is not a correct answer and D is correct.
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Ans is D
Melinda can become a lawyer unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship.

Which one of the following statements cannot be validly drawn from the above statements?


Sufficient Condition ------ >>> Necessary Condition

Melinda can become a lawyer --- > Unless she does poorly on the LSAT or does not get a scholarship.
A --> B



(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship.
A --> B .. Can be inferred

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship.
A --> B .. Can be inferred

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer.
B- --> A- .. Can be inferred

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship.
A- --> B .. Cannot be inferred
(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer.
B- --> A- .. Can be inferred
Clear concepts of conditional reasoning with multiple necessary conditions embodied
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(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship. -- Incorrect. She only needs to satisfy one of the conditions to become a lawyer i.e. only one of the condition need not occur. In this choice, "both.. and" is used, which is contrary to the passage stem.

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship. -- Incorrect. Same as A.

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer. -- Incorrect. If she gets a scholarship, she can become a lawyer. She doesn't become a lawyer if either does not happen (poor performance on gmat OR no scholarship). In this case, she can still have scholarship and be a lawyer.

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship. -- Yes, true. "or" is the key word here.

(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer. -- Eliminate. She need not satisfy both the conditions to be a lawyer.
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The question is based on the necessary vs sufficient condition:

Necessary condition stated in the argument: does well the LSAT and get a scholarship, However the sufficient condition is not given.


Which one of the following statements cannot be validly drawn from the above statements?

(A) Melinda is lawyer. So she must have both done well on the LSAT and gotten a scholarship.
- As she is lawyer - therefore, all the conditions must have been full filled

(B) Melinda is a lawyer and she did well on the LSAT. So she must have gotten a scholarship.
- Same as A

(C) Melinda did poorly on the LSAT. So she will not become a lawyer.
- Here, she did not able to meet the necessary condition to become a lawyer. So she will not become lawyer

(D) If Melinda does not become a lawyer, then she did poorly on the LSAT or could not get a scholarship.
- Consider the case she did well on LSAT and also got Scholarship, but did not join the college
- The argument statement uses the word "CAN" - it is just showing the capability


(E) If Melinda does poorly on the LSAT and does not get a scholarship, then she will not become a lawyer.
- Same as C
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