Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 8

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference

The one idea it tests

A many-tries explanation says success becomes likely somewhere, not everywhere.

The basic logic

Restate the group's view in your own words, then pick the choice that follows from it without going further.

Tiny words that decide it

“at least once”
“almost all”
“chance”

Playground logic

The bakers in the kid passage say so many test cakes were baked that one winner was likely. They do not say each cake had a better shot.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandma's Perfect Lemon Cake →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The bakers who explain the luck with test cakes would most likely agree that

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the paragraph where that group speaks and restate their reasoning in one sentence. The right choice will follow from that sentence. Watch for choices that shift the gain from the group as a whole to each single member, or that add claims the group never makes.