June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 14

The author uses the word "immediacy" (line 39) most likely in order to express

JamesM on December 17, 2020

Contrapositives as answers

In the argument completion and missing premise flashcards for homework, is the contrapositive acceptable as an answer or must it be always be in positive form? Thanks

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shunhe on December 17, 2020

Hi @JamesM,

Thanks for the question! The contrapositive is also acceptable as an answer! Remember, a statement and its contrapositive are logically equivalent and so are two different ways of saying the same thing. So if you get to the contrapositive, you’ve got it! And similarly, on the LSAT, if you think the answer is something, and its contrapositive is one of the answer choices, pick that answer choice and move on.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.