September 2009 LSAT
Section 3
Question 24
AndrewArabie on January 4, 2023
I just finished reading the explanation and it sounds like the explanation understands the stimulus the way I initially understood it. Why would an important document not be opened? We know that when a seal served its purpose and was opened, the lead was recast. It has to be talking about two different seals on the same document.Emil-Kunkin on January 5, 2023
I don't think it had to be talking about two different seals. I think that after a document is written, we put a seal on it to ensure it has not been opened and is legitimate. If that document is opened, the seal is broken and discarded, and often melted and recast. However, perhaps some important documents are never opened (imagine owning a legitimate original version of the Declaration of Independence, I certainly wouldn't want to open it and break the seal). We don't really need to care about the specific motivation for not opening it, as the passage tells is it did happen.AndrewArabie on January 5, 2023
I'm sorry Emil, I'm just having trouble understanding the logic behind the stimulus. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the stimulus itself.