#9 - In a recent poll of chief executive officers (CEOs) of

[est15]

I saw B and D as possible answer choices. The LSAC's explanation in the Superprep book was that someone who considers something a "top priority" can't also be "indifferent" simply because of the meanings of the two words. I didn't really agree with that explanation though because it seemed too cursory and a little out of the blue. Can you explain what they mean exactly and why B is incorrect?

Thanks.

[Steve Stein]

Thanks for your question.

What they mean by that explanation is that if something is your top priority, then it is the thing that you care the most about--so you cannot really be indifferent to your top priority. As such, answer choice (B) doesn't really provide a flaw. The real issue, as reflected in correct answer choice (D), is the author's questionable presumption that the CEOs actually practice what they preach.

I hope that's helpful--please let me know whether this is clear--thanks!

~Steve

[PresidentLSAT]

Hi Powescore,

I need a reason to rule out E. Is 125 a representative sample if there are 1,000,000 CEOs?

[Luke Haqq]

Hi PresidentLSAT!

To your question, it's not clear whether that is a representative sample. More to the point, for (E) we don't know whether or not the sample is representative or not. Since we can't confirm that it's not representative, we don't have enough information for (E) to accurately describe a flaw in the stimulus.