Daily Drills 15 - Section 15 - Question 2
If the price it pays for coffee beans continues to increase, the Coffe Shoppe will have to increase its prices.
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Ravi June 27, 2019
@Natalie-King,Great question. The correct answer choice is 'negative' because it's
the contrapositive of the statement.
CBP increase - ->CSP increase (original statement)
Contrapositive: not CSP increase - >not CBP increase (correct answer)
Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!
Natalie-King June 28, 2019
Oh okay, so are most answer choices looking for the contrapositive answer choice?
Ravi June 28, 2019
@Natalie-King,It depends on the answer choice, but the test writers will often frame the correct answer in the contrapositive as a test to see if you 1) understand contrapositives and 2) can properly figure out what they are. Let us know if you have any other questions!
Lamont December 25, 2021
Ok, the diagraming of this argument was pretty straightforward. However, am I to look at the answer choices. Additionally, do the test makers ever place one answer as the original diagramed argument, also placing the contrapositive as an answer choice?
jakennedy January 19, 2022
Hi @Lamont,This is just a drill to practice diagramming conditional statements. As you progress through the course you will do the full questions with the answer choices. In response to your second question, you could never have both the original statement and the contrapositive as an answer choice because they would both be correct. You will always have exactly one correct answer choice on the LSAT.
Please let me know if I can help further!
Lamont March 12, 2022
After posing this question and reviewing your answer I am a bit ashamed because I know but was not thinking clearly that there is only one right answer. Thank Jacob.