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June 1991 LSAT - Section 4 - Question 10

The formation of hurricanes that threaten the United States mainland is triggered by high atmospheric winds off the w...

Julie-V September 3, 2019

Stimulus and Answer Explanation

Hi LSAT Max, I'm having a hard time figuring out this one. Could you explain how to get to the right answer? Thanks!

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Lucas December 20, 2019

I got done to E as the answer, but I don't think it's right. Would have went with C, but that Many statement is a huge throw off as I did not see any in the stimulus

dannyod December 22, 2019

Could we please get an explanation for this one, thanks!

dannyod February 24, 2020

Bumping up for an explanation, thanks!

hfatima1 July 4, 2020

also need an explanation. can someone please answer

hfatima1 July 4, 2020

also need an explanation. can someone please answer

Emil-Kunkin August 27 at 01:48AM

In the passage, the author notices a correlation between the rains and hurricanes, and wrongly concludes that the rains are somehow causing the hurricanes. This is exactly what happens in C, the author notices a correlation between college sports and success, and wrongly decides that playing college sports causes success.

E is wrong because we are told in the premise that the relationship is indeed causal, and the conclusion wrongly assumes that the causal relationship will look a specific way.