lsat-12-2-12

swimmingfrog

12.(C)   In the Centerville Botanical Gardens, all tulip trees are older than any maples. A majority, but not all, of the garden’s sycamores are older than any of its maples. All the garden’s maples are older than any of its dogwoods.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true of trees in the Centerville Botanical Gardens?

(A) Some dogwoods are as old as the youngest tulip trees.

(B) Some dogwoods are as old as the youngest sycamores.

(C) Some sycamores are not as old as the oldest dogwoods.

(D) Some tulip trees are not as old as the oldest sycamores.（E）

(E) Some sycamores are not as old as the youngest tulip trees

All Tulip trees >any  maple trees > any dogwoods

Majority Sycamores trees > any  maple trees > any dogwoods

是怎么得出E的?

lawyer_1

it has been answered. pls search