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jakennedy June 18, 2022
Hi Jacob,Great question.
Must be True means something is true 100% of the time. So what would NOT must be true be? Well, everything other than 100% certainty, which includes 0-99.999%. Anything that is true 0-99.999% of the time COULD be FALSE.
Let’s reverse the situation. Something that could be false is true 0-99.999% of the time. So what would NOT could be false be? The only percentage that is not in the could be false range is 100%, so if we said something could not be false, it must be true.
To see how this is relevant on the LSAT, suppose a question stems says the following:
Each of the following must be true EXCEPT:
Your job is to find the answer choice this is NOT a must be true. In other words, we must find a COULD be FALSE.