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Reading Comprehension · Weaken (RC)

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 6

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Weaken
The one idea it tests
To call a 'everyone will agree' claim into question, show someone who would not agree.
The basic logic
The claim says every self-interested person, not knowing who they are, will insist on a guaranteed minimum. Find a kind of person who would rather gamble for a big win than lock in a floor.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “any”
  • “will agree”
  • “at least”

Playground logic

Priya says everyone in the Mystery Seat agrees each kid gets at least some of each basic. That 'everyone' cracks if some kids would happily risk getting nothing of one basic for a shot at a mountain of another.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Priya's Mystery Seat →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which fact, if true, would most cast doubt on the claim that everyone in the Mystery Seat agrees each kid gets some of each basic?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 6 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 6 in your official copy and answer it first.

Locate the sentence the stem points to and state its claim in plain terms: who agrees, to what. Find the hidden assumption behind 'any individual will agree.' Pick the choice that shows a reasonable person in that setup who would not agree. Drop choices that attack a different part of the theory.