Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years handles over 150

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Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years handles over 150 cases a year. Most lawyers who handle over 150 cases a year and all lawyers who handle over 200 cases a year who apply for membership to various Lawyers’ Clubs are granted membership to at least one of them.

The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?

A. If a lawyer handles over 150 cases a year and is not a member of a Lawyers’ Club, it means he or she did not apply for membership to any of them.

B. At least one lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years who has applied to at least one Lawyers’ Club has been granted membership to one of them.

C. If a lawyer handles less than 150 cases a year, he or she could not have been practicing law for at least 10 years.

D. Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years and handles over 150 cases a year has been granted membership for at least one Lawyers’ Club.

E. If a lawyer handles 175 cases a year and is a member of a Lawyers’ Club, It is possible that he or she has been practicing for at least 10 years.

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GMATWhizTeam · Accepted Answer

Hi You are correct in rephrasing the stimulus information as: If a lawyer practises for at least 10 years, then he handles over 150 cases a year. Let’s take a simple example to understand the problem at hand: If it is rains, Mr X carries an umbrella. Now say, if it is raining today, c an we infer that Mr X will be carrying an umbrella? Yes. However, say, we see that Mr X is carrying an umbrella, can we infer that it must be raining? No Mr X might be carrying an umbrella because it is very sunny! The statement If it is rains, Mr X carries an umbrella does not imply that Mr X cannot carry an umbrella for other purposes . Similarly: If a lawyer practices for at least 10 years, then he handles over 150 cases a year. From the above, if a lawyer practises for at least 10 years, then we can conclude that he must have handled over 150 cases a year. But just because a lawyer has handled over 150 cases a year, we cannot conclude that he must have practiced for at least 10 years. It is possible that he handles 150+ cases a year because he is very proficient (and not because of the long experience of 10 years)!! That is why C is incorrect. Hope this helps

tyildirim92 · Answer

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I have a question regarding the option C. I will appreciate if you assess my reasoning.

In the prompt, it says

Let us paraphrase what is stated in the prompt. If a lawyer practiced for at least 10 years, then he handles over 150 cases a year.

Sufficient condition: a lawyer practiced for at least 10 years,
Necessary condition: a lawyer handles over 150 cases a year.

Contrapositive: If a lawyer handles less than 150 cases a year, then he could not have been practiced for at least 10 years.

That is what exactly stated in choice C.

Please clarify

VERBAL1 · Answer

A. If a lawyer handles over 150 cases a year and is not a member of a Lawyers’ Club, it means he or she did not apply for membership to any of them.- Only cases above 200 had that previlige. Above 150 was optional

B. At least one lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years who has applied to at least one Lawyers’ Club has been granted membership to one of them.- There could be a case where the lawyer was doing cases between 150-200 cases and hence, could not be in a club

C. If a lawyer handles less than 150 cases a year, he or she could not have been practicing law for at least 10 years.- It was not mandatory. Above 10 years all had more than 150 cases. You can be exceptionally good and have more than 150 cases before 10 years of practice

D. Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years and handles over 150 cases a year has been granted membership for at least one Lawyers’ Club.- That was with 200 cases and above

E. If a lawyer handles 175 cases a year and is a member of a Lawyers’ Club, It is possible that he or she has been practicing for at least 10 years.- line says, it is possible that he can be practicing for more than 10 years. Possible. Correct

OA : E

jasmeet447 · Answer

can anyone explain why B is not chosen over E ?

simran2505 · Answer

IMO the statement C says: If a lawyer has less than 150 cases, he could not have been practicing law for atleast 10 years which, essentially means if L<150 cases ---> L<10 which is the exact match for the given statement. Could please explain the lingo here?

karthik1488 · Answer

Given  every  lawyer practising more than 10 years handles more than 150 cases a year. 
C says if lawyer handling less than 150 cases, he /she should have been practising for less than 10 years. Why is this incorrect??

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AstroNut · Answer

Can someone explain, why B is not Correct. I do agree E is correct, but B seems to be equally correct.

If we break the statement B -

At least one lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years -  So that means the lawyer has more than 150 cases a year

who has applied to at least one Lawyers’ Club has been granted membership to one of them. -  It is given that most of the lawyers who apply with at least 150 cases a year get the membership.

There would be at least one case for which this statement is true.

Are we assuming that none of the lawyers who have 10 years of experience applied for membership? This is the only way I see B becoming incorrect. Help!!

devsawla · Answer

Hi prets02
150 or more cases does not guarantee a membership at a club. 200 or more cases does guarantee. Thus, 10 years practicing which relates to 150+ cases does not guarantee 1 member being a part of a club

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Songo · Answer

For me both are fine - E & C. 
Can't figure out why C is not correct.

aletheia225 · Answer

(C) must be true.

Practice 10 or more years---->Handle over 150 cases per year; therefore, -(Handle over 150 cases per year)----> -(Practice 10 or more years).

Less than 150 cases per year----> -(Handle over 150 cases per year)----> -(Practice 10 or more years).

Airtight - no getting around it.

Terrysandking · Answer

Why C ? I think that D is a more logical result. My brother is studying to be a lawyer and he said that option D is the most logical one

LaveenaPanchal · Answer

C. If a lawyer handles less than 150 cases a year, he or she could not have been practicing law for at least 10 years.  Incorrect because the case of less than 150 is not mentioned in the argument at all. 
D. Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years and handles over 150 cases a year has been granted membership for at least one Lawyers’ Club.  Incorrect because as per argument Most ( and not every) of the lawyers handling cases over 150 have been granted membership.
 
E. If a lawyer handles 175 cases a year and is a member of a Lawyers’ Club, It is possible that he or she has been practicing for at least 10 years.  Correct.
The Keyword here to help find out the solution is "Possible" in Option E since most of the lawyers handling cases 0ver 150 have been granted membership so there is a possibility.

Hope it helps!!

ved02 · Answer

This question's incorrect. Both B and E can be inferred.

B) At least one lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years who has applied to at least one Lawyers’ Club has been granted membership to one of them.

Passage says most lawyers with 10 years experience get to be members of one club. Even beyond that, "at least 10 years" includes those with "20-30 years experience". We just need one lawyer to be a member of a club.

E. If a lawyer handles 175 cases a year and is a member of a Lawyers’ Club, It is possible that he or she has been practicing for at least 10 years.

True. Passage says every lawyer with 10 years experience has atleast 150 cases.

E could be argued to be marginally stronger than B because it's more direct. But imo, this is splitting hairs and both can be inferred. What's the source of the question?

RichardAA · Answer

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arya251294 · Answer

But we are not even talking about guarantee. It says most of the people do get so if most of them are getting so we can safely say that at least one will get??
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KarishmaB · Answer

Given: If practice >= 10 yrs, then cases > 150. Most lawyers with cases > 150 and All lawyers with cases > 200 who apply for membership to various Lawyers’ Clubs are granted membership to at least one of them. A. If a lawyer handles over 150 cases a year and is not a member of a Lawyers’ Club, it means he or she did not apply for membership to any of them. Not correct. We know that most get in. Some may not get in. B. At least one lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years who has applied to at least one Lawyers’ Club has been granted membership to one of them. This talks about "applied to at least one Club". We don't know what happens in case someone applies to only 1 or 2 clubs. We are given what happens when they apply to "various" clubs. So let's look for a better option. C. If a lawyer handles less than 150 cases a year, he or she could not have been practicing law for at least 10 years. This is correct. If A then B implies A -> B and also implies B' -> A' So If practice >= 10 yrs, then cases > 150 implies cases <= 150 means the practice < 10 yrs. So if a lawyers handles fewer than 150 cases a year, it does mean that she has been practicing law for less than 10 years. D. Every lawyer who has practiced for at least 10 years and handles over 150 cases a year has been granted membership for at least one Lawyers’ Club. Not correct. We don't know whether the lawyer actually applied to the various Clubs or not. E. If a lawyer handles 175 cases a year and is a member of a Lawyers’ Club, It is possible that he or she has been practicing for at least 10 years. This is correct too. A lawyer with more than 150 cases and membership of a club could have been practicing for at least 10 yrs. It is certainly possible. Hence, both (C) and (E) are correct. Check: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2012/1 ... tatements/

Thekingmaker · Answer

This is a relatively simple question just has to figure out he in and out of each statements it helps us in figuring ou the rest 
the only option that stands out that or for sure is E others are condition that are not necessarily sufficient , E says if the lawyer has completed 175 cases or more and has a membership in one of the lawyer club then it's a necessary and sufficient condition he or she has worked for 10 + years therefore IMO E

BS1201 · Answer

Why not D be the correct answer?

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Mavisdu1017 · Answer

Yes I agree, and there is something wrong in the first expert explanation.

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