Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from

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Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space. If the sliding doors are open, as may happen in summer, this effect will be created if it does not already exist and intensified if it does. The effect remains quite strong during colder months if the garden is well coordinated with the room and contributes strong visual interest of its own.

The designer's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

(A) a garden separated from an adjoining living room by closed sliding glass doors cannot be well coordinated with the room unless the garden contributes strong visual interest

(B) In cold weather, a garden and an adjoining living room separated from one another by sliding glass doors will not visually merge into a single space unless the garden is well coordinated with the room

(C) A garden and an adjoining living room separated by sliding glass doors cannot visually merge in summer unless the doors are open

(D) A garden can visually merge with an adjoining living room into a single space even if the garden does not contribute strong visual interest of its own

(E) Except in summer, opening the sliding glass doors that separate a garden from an adjoining living room does not intensify the effect of the garden and room visually merging into a single space

kanakdaga · Accepted Answer

Designer:  
 Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space.  -- CONCLUSION 
If the sliding doors are open, as may happen  in summer ,  this effect will be created if it does not already exist  and  intensified if it does.  The effect remains quite strong during  colder months  if the garden is  well coordinated  with the room and   contributes   strong  visual interest of its own.

Say X = garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors

The designer's statements,  if true, most strongly support  which one of the following? -  STRENGTHEN

(A) X  cannot be well coordinated  with the room  unless the garden contributes strong visual interest .
 INCORRECT -- Imposes a condition, thus does not support.

(B) In cold weather, X will not visually merge into a single space unless the garden is well coordinated with the room. 
INCORRECT : talks only about winter, shows a shortcoming. Does not strengthen.

(C) X cannot visually merge in summer unless the doors are open. INCORRECT -- again a shortcoming.

(D) A garden  can visually merge  with an adjoining living room into a single space  even if  the garden does not contribute strong visual interest of its own. 
 CORRECT  -- shows a benefit even if some factor does not take place. Thus it strengthens the conclusion.

(E) Except in summer, opening the sliding glass doors that separate a garden from an adjoining living room  does not intensify the effect of the garden and room visually merging into a single space . INCORRECT -- shortcoming.

penco · Answer

Hey! But in D, the option doesn't mention the fact about separated by sliding doors. It is just talking about generally all the gardens and living rooms!

: Chuck I see the can now. Some are the ones with sliding doors maybe

Prateek101 · Answer

Designer: Any garden and adjoining living room that are separated from one another by sliding glass doors can visually merge into a single space. If the sliding doors are open, as may happen in summer, this effect will be created if it does not already exist and intensified if it does. The effect remains quite strong during colder months if the garden is well coordinated with the room and contributes strong visual interest of its own.

The designer's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

=> Firstly this is a inference question 
Lets says Effect = merging
Summer : Doors open leads to effect 
Winter : garden coordination and visual interest leads to effect (2 things not any one)

(A) a garden separated from an adjoining living room by closed sliding glass doors cannot be well coordinated with the room unless the garden contributes strong visual interest => These 2 conditions are mentioned in the winter but there is no link between them provided - INCOORECT
(B) In cold weather, a garden and an adjoining living room separated from one another by sliding glass doors will not visually merge into a single space unless the garden is well coordinated with the room => There is a second condition that is required i.e garden leads Visual interest of its own, so this only Half true - INCORRECT 
(C) A garden and an adjoining living room separated by sliding glass doors cannot visually merge in summer unless the doors are open => Doors open leads to effect, but we are not given that its the only one way to lead to effect - INCORRECT
(D) A garden can visually merge with an adjoining living room into a single space even if the garden does not contribute strong visual interest of its own => Firstly see the word "can" that means there is a possibility; and the effect is possible during summers by just doors open - CORRECT
(E) Except in summer, opening the sliding glass doors that separate a garden from an adjoining living room does not intensify the effect of the garden and room visually merging into a single space => For winters its given the effect remains quite strong during winters, also we are not given that its the only condition (same reason as C) - INCORRECT

I got marked the incorrect option, took me time to reanalyse, hope this helps others.

AvinashSh · Answer

How is B wrong? 
"Fact that effect will remain strong if condition A & B >> means both conditions are required to ensure the effect stays. 
B says - The effect wont be there unless condition A is met. Which is true in its essence. 
if B would have said - The effect wont be there unless B is met > this is also true 
Just saying one part of the conditon doesnt tell me that other condition is not needed. It just tells me that the effect the impossible without a certain condition.

Pranavsawant · Answer

"Cold weather" and "colder months" are not the same

Welcome to the LSAT! B says that in cold weather: visually merge => well coordinated However we can have cold weather even in the summers and visual merging in the summers does not require coordination.

msing454 · Answer

Lmao, no man. (B) is wrong because garden "coordination" is only sufficient for visual merging with the living room. There can be other reasons as well apart from good coordination due to which the visual merging effect happens. This option confuses it as a necessary condition ("unless" here would mean necessary), saying that unless coordination does not happen, visual merging will not happen. This is clearly wrong.

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