I was able to diagram the question properly but still had difficulty translating it into the correct answer. I did all the diagramming correctly but still picked the wrong answer.
I actually got hope for the LSAT solving this problem, though it took me forever. Despite the complicated diagramming, once I got it the answer was crystal clear. I really am sure that there is no impossible LSAT problem. Practice makes perfect I guess!!
Took me a minute to realize that first sentence is not useful other than to mentally dump things into domain and forget. Once you realize the most before most means nothing, the independently owned portion of the stim pops out and the logic falls into place. And the answer is right there in the ACs.
Curious to see how the intuition develops over time! This takes forever.
I have a question on conjunction and disjunction. I understand how the stim had a conjunction (fish and birds), but I seem to be confusing how the answer D became a disjunction (/fish OR bird). I understand the negation parts of it all, just a little confused why or how do you know D is a disjunction. indy -> /fish OR bird.
I'm at a point in my studying where the logic here I completely understand, but the idea of working through a question like this in under 90 seconds feels impossible
From the last sentence, I translated it to: (fish, no bird) → gerbils. Thus, in my head, the contrapositive was /gerbils → /(fish, no bird). Through that logic, I picked D. However, I wonder if that logic is flawed because I didn't even think of the and/or rules.
This is a genuine question - Is it bad that I am not having to map out any of these types of questions? I have found these to be very intuitive, but I'm worried I'll screw myself in the long run if I'm not mapping these out like J.Y.
I felt like a damn child drawing the set circles (in different colors sob) from the fundamentals part of the course...but I got it right on the first try! This was a difficult one for sure.
For people who are having a hard time with this overcomplicated video explanation, try and solve the question first before going into the video walk through. I've been doing this and found I understand the questions when I attempt them first, and when I watch the explanation after it honestly confuses me more when I wasn't even confused in the first place.
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I was able to diagram the question properly but still had difficulty translating it into the correct answer. I did all the diagramming correctly but still picked the wrong answer.
Does anyone have any suggestions for this??
I actually got hope for the LSAT solving this problem, though it took me forever. Despite the complicated diagramming, once I got it the answer was crystal clear. I really am sure that there is no impossible LSAT problem. Practice makes perfect I guess!!
You could not have explained this in a more difficult way to understand. Do better.
This is insane. I like to go through the the question before I watched the video.
I had to diagram this to even understand the stimulus. It then took me about 10 minutes to get to the answer. I got it right but wow
Why wouldn't most pet stores sell exotic birds and most stores that sell birds sell tropical fish translate to some pet stores sell tropical fish?
1) P -m-> EB -m-> TF
2) TF and /EB -> G [original]
/G -> /TF or EB [contrapositive]
3) IOP -> /G
IOP -> /G -> /TF or EB [linked]
Took me a minute to realize that first sentence is not useful other than to mentally dump things into domain and forget. Once you realize the most before most means nothing, the independently owned portion of the stim pops out and the logic falls into place. And the answer is right there in the ACs.
Curious to see how the intuition develops over time! This takes forever.
I have a question on conjunction and disjunction. I understand how the stim had a conjunction (fish and birds), but I seem to be confusing how the answer D became a disjunction (/fish OR bird). I understand the negation parts of it all, just a little confused why or how do you know D is a disjunction. indy -> /fish OR bird.
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I'm at a point in my studying where the logic here I completely understand, but the idea of working through a question like this in under 90 seconds feels impossible
Can someone help me determine when "but" because "and" vs "or?"
From the last sentence, I translated it to: (fish, no bird) → gerbils. Thus, in my head, the contrapositive was /gerbils → /(fish, no bird). Through that logic, I picked D. However, I wonder if that logic is flawed because I didn't even think of the and/or rules.
Hi, does anyone have an easier approach? Im a bit confused
hell nah
Got it right, but used a slightly different approach. I don't know if I should be worried or not.
I don't really understand how the negation works in answer choice D
i thought i understood this, but the more i look into it the more confused i get #help #someonedumbitdown
"you got a thing for De Morgan?"
Got this right but boy did it take time! I'm glad that at least my logic and approach was same to J.Ys. A win is a win ig
I hope I dont get a question like this on the LSAT haha
This is a genuine question - Is it bad that I am not having to map out any of these types of questions? I have found these to be very intuitive, but I'm worried I'll screw myself in the long run if I'm not mapping these out like J.Y.
I felt like a damn child drawing the set circles (in different colors sob) from the fundamentals part of the course...but I got it right on the first try! This was a difficult one for sure.
nah this one confused me so badly. Still dont really get how its not B.
For this type of questions: remember to find contrapositive of the answer choice that might be right
For people who are having a hard time with this overcomplicated video explanation, try and solve the question first before going into the video walk through. I've been doing this and found I understand the questions when I attempt them first, and when I watch the explanation after it honestly confuses me more when I wasn't even confused in the first place.