Examples of using "Letzteres" in a sentence and their english translations:
Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.
Faced with deciding to respond scientifically or emotionally, I'd prefer the latter.
If I were asked to choose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, choose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.
If a coach is on a couch that's on a coach and the latter has a driver, then all is fine. If a coach is on a couch that's on a coach, but the driver drives the former, then the couch is crushed and the coach is dead.