Wow, I think the secret to understanding LR is finally clicking for me and it only took 2 months and a level 1 question :P.
Being able to identify the assumption present in the argument makes it so much easier to spot the correct answer for ALL LR questions. I look for the conclusion first and then what premises the author provides as support for their conclusion. With that in mind, I ask myself "what is the author ASSUMING connects these ideas?" For this question the author is assuming the group that buys more tickets (leisure travelers) is the group airlines should prioritize for comfort improvements because doing so would (presumably) be more beneficial for airline profits. That assumption is the missing link, or the gap, the author wants me to bridge. I know that for weaken questions, my job is to expose that assumption, not bridge the gap. So I went hunting for answers that align with exposing the assumption. I will likely rely on this framework for all LR questions moving forward.
Maybe this is already obvious for some, but for those that are still struggling or still trying to get everything to click, I hope that helps!
At first I chose E, but then did the blind review and eliminated all but D, after doing that it made a ton of sense as to why that would weaken the argument. Hoping everyone is doing fine on the prpe wishing you all the very best. Reach high for a 180.
Personally, I only pay attention to target time on my PTs. In these practices, I have the luxury of having time to flesh out my understanding of the stimulus and the question choices. Taking my time here to genuinely understand the question will help me get faster in the future. When taking PTs, I'm simulating the actual test, so that's the only time I can get an accurate reading of how well I'm doing with time spent per question.
From my limited knowledge, I think the timing will improve naturally as you become more comfortable with questions. Understanding will improve timing, so I think that's the best place to start.
I would say the biggest thing for me is really taking my time during the blind review, and using my "intuition" and skill set together to come to an answer. I find this way I can fine tune my intuition through the work I do during the blind review and review video over time. I've been seeing a huge difference, it just takes practice.
Also a big thing for me is being able to move on with 70% confidence. Sometimes for tricker questions, you just use that much time to know 100% it is the right answer, with enough practice its better to settle with 80% confidence the answer is right.
I was deciding in between C and D. I think the argument makes an assumption that leisure travelers value comfort. if they don't value comfort, airlines wouldn't have a reason to prioritize their comfort. So I thought C specified one way in which leisure travelers don't care about comfort. Why was this wrong?
"...because those travelers purchase 80 percent of all airline tickets."
The argument is making the claim that airlines should focus on leisure travelers' comfort, not because airlines value their comfort, but because leisure travelers' purchase a larger proportion than other airline travelers. So, leisure travelers purchase 80 out of the 100 tickets available each flight.
(C) Sleeping in comfort during long flights is not the primary concern of leisure travelers.
- If this is true how does this weaken the reasoning that leisure travelers should be the focus because they purchase a greater proportion of tickets?
(D) A far greater proportion of an airline's revenues is derived from business travelers than from leisure travelers.
- Even if leisure travelers purchase a greater proportion, the business travelers' contribute more to the bottom-line than all of the leisure travelers. So, business travelers pay a total of $10,000 for 20 seats, whereas leisure travelers pay a total of $800 for 80 seats.
I had the same thought process with you, but now I kind of understand why C is wrong. C says "not the primary concern", but not "do not value comfort at all". That means we cannot preclude the possibility that comfort is still very important to leisure travellers, but just the second most important instead of the primary concern.
If C is true, then not prioritising leisure traveller's comfort would not affect (reduce) the 80% ticket sell, because leisure travellers do not care about comfort. Hence, the airline company does not need to focus on the comfort of the leisure travellers.
POE is your best friend when it comes to W/S answers lol. I crossed out every other answer aside from D & E.
E's explanation didn't make sense because the 80% of leisure flyers buying tickets will still do so even at a discounted rate.
Thus, D made the most sense since, from the conclusion, Leisure flyers don't seem to be the only kind of important passengers if these business flyers are too.
I feel for C and I'm embarrassed after seeing the difficulty level. But I wanted to say this here because I realized why I went wrong and wanted to share for anyone who has made a similar mistake in the past or on this question.
We need to be careful about context I defiantly put to much thought into what the context meant in relation to the argument and put less emphasis on the P -> C structure that the correct answer played on.
Context is just table stetting information an argument may refer to it via indicators but it should not be considered in strengthening or weakening the argument we must look solely at the P -> C support structure and in these WSE we will assume the P to be true. The conclusion we can push towards truth as well by strengthening the support or brining it to question by weakening the support via a question that attacks the support of P -> C. In most answers they will play on the fact that the premise fact is still true regardless of the direction we want the argument to go W or S.
Note: correct me if Im wrong on thinking this always looking for helpful feedback
I'm implementing a new strategy when I'm torn on an answer to skip it and come back after I've completed the rest of the test. Almost always on LR sections on PTs, I've got several minutes left over, because on average, I can answer them rather faster than the target. However, I can't easily go back to questions I wasn't confident about because it isn't easy to remember which ones I need to review unless I can write down the question number. Instead I'm going to leave it unanswered, then go back and spend more time on it.
See if this strategy helps you, if you are also someone who has some extra time at the end of LR sections.
Slow dont first. Theres no sense going fast and getting the wrong answer. Once you can get comfortable and being confident without time constraints, and practice a lot, only then should you worry about time. A common saying instructors use is:
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast... so slow down and eventually you'll speed up.
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Wow, I think the secret to understanding LR is finally clicking for me and it only took 2 months and a level 1 question :P.
Being able to identify the assumption present in the argument makes it so much easier to spot the correct answer for ALL LR questions. I look for the conclusion first and then what premises the author provides as support for their conclusion. With that in mind, I ask myself "what is the author ASSUMING connects these ideas?" For this question the author is assuming the group that buys more tickets (leisure travelers) is the group airlines should prioritize for comfort improvements because doing so would (presumably) be more beneficial for airline profits. That assumption is the missing link, or the gap, the author wants me to bridge. I know that for weaken questions, my job is to expose that assumption, not bridge the gap. So I went hunting for answers that align with exposing the assumption. I will likely rely on this framework for all LR questions moving forward.
Maybe this is already obvious for some, but for those that are still struggling or still trying to get everything to click, I hope that helps!
@HayleeHarris Super helpful framing, thank you!
At first I chose E, but then did the blind review and eliminated all but D, after doing that it made a ton of sense as to why that would weaken the argument. Hoping everyone is doing fine on the prpe wishing you all the very best. Reach high for a 180.
if weaken has no haters I'm dead
I can't answer a weaken question right to save my life😭
when you finally get a question right but its a one star :/
i felt this in my soul
I have seen this question before and got it correct.
My problem is the confidence I feel during right answers, is equally the same I feel when I get them wrong :')
Why are the least difficult questions literally the hardest ones ?!?!
I was JUST about to say this 😭 I was so shocked to see this one is a 1/5 difficulty.
cause you think no way this obvious answer is the one haha
@bernardjoon1261 fax
I get frustrated when I get these right now cause I know it's not one of the harder difficulty questions. Sigh
It's crazy how getting answers right lifts our confidence. Never in a million years did I think this would be me LOL I am such a dork hahaha
Felt so good that I got this right and then saw that the question difficulty is the lowest, smh.
#help Even when I feel "quick" i still go over the target time. How do you get better with speed?
Personally, I only pay attention to target time on my PTs. In these practices, I have the luxury of having time to flesh out my understanding of the stimulus and the question choices. Taking my time here to genuinely understand the question will help me get faster in the future. When taking PTs, I'm simulating the actual test, so that's the only time I can get an accurate reading of how well I'm doing with time spent per question.
From my limited knowledge, I think the timing will improve naturally as you become more comfortable with questions. Understanding will improve timing, so I think that's the best place to start.
I would say the biggest thing for me is really taking my time during the blind review, and using my "intuition" and skill set together to come to an answer. I find this way I can fine tune my intuition through the work I do during the blind review and review video over time. I've been seeing a huge difference, it just takes practice.
Also a big thing for me is being able to move on with 70% confidence. Sometimes for tricker questions, you just use that much time to know 100% it is the right answer, with enough practice its better to settle with 80% confidence the answer is right.
I’m such a genius!!!!! My ego has been lifted. Level of difficulty - level 1
wait why was this hard for me
@tessapys no bc this took me five minutes
This was definitely a must needed confidence booster question.
I was deciding in between C and D. I think the argument makes an assumption that leisure travelers value comfort. if they don't value comfort, airlines wouldn't have a reason to prioritize their comfort. So I thought C specified one way in which leisure travelers don't care about comfort. Why was this wrong?
#help
"...because those travelers purchase 80 percent of all airline tickets."
The argument is making the claim that airlines should focus on leisure travelers' comfort, not because airlines value their comfort, but because leisure travelers' purchase a larger proportion than other airline travelers. So, leisure travelers purchase 80 out of the 100 tickets available each flight.
(C) Sleeping in comfort during long flights is not the primary concern of leisure travelers.
- If this is true how does this weaken the reasoning that leisure travelers should be the focus because they purchase a greater proportion of tickets?
(D) A far greater proportion of an airline's revenues is derived from business travelers than from leisure travelers.
- Even if leisure travelers purchase a greater proportion, the business travelers' contribute more to the bottom-line than all of the leisure travelers. So, business travelers pay a total of $10,000 for 20 seats, whereas leisure travelers pay a total of $800 for 80 seats.
I had the same thought process with you, but now I kind of understand why C is wrong. C says "not the primary concern", but not "do not value comfort at all". That means we cannot preclude the possibility that comfort is still very important to leisure travellers, but just the second most important instead of the primary concern.
If C is true, then not prioritising leisure traveller's comfort would not affect (reduce) the 80% ticket sell, because leisure travellers do not care about comfort. Hence, the airline company does not need to focus on the comfort of the leisure travellers.
POE is your best friend when it comes to W/S answers lol. I crossed out every other answer aside from D & E.
E's explanation didn't make sense because the 80% of leisure flyers buying tickets will still do so even at a discounted rate.
Thus, D made the most sense since, from the conclusion, Leisure flyers don't seem to be the only kind of important passengers if these business flyers are too.
I feel for C and I'm embarrassed after seeing the difficulty level. But I wanted to say this here because I realized why I went wrong and wanted to share for anyone who has made a similar mistake in the past or on this question.
We need to be careful about context I defiantly put to much thought into what the context meant in relation to the argument and put less emphasis on the P -> C structure that the correct answer played on.
Context is just table stetting information an argument may refer to it via indicators but it should not be considered in strengthening or weakening the argument we must look solely at the P -> C support structure and in these WSE we will assume the P to be true. The conclusion we can push towards truth as well by strengthening the support or brining it to question by weakening the support via a question that attacks the support of P -> C. In most answers they will play on the fact that the premise fact is still true regardless of the direction we want the argument to go W or S.
Note: correct me if Im wrong on thinking this always looking for helpful feedback
Finally an easy one
LETS GOOOO ANOTHER ONE!!!!! HUGE W'S CHAT
working for an airline that pushes this theory all the time paid off
lol, i love when the questions are associated with topics im already knowledgeable of.
any tips on getting faster to answer the questions i picked c because it made the most sense but when i did blind review i understood the answer is d
I'm implementing a new strategy when I'm torn on an answer to skip it and come back after I've completed the rest of the test. Almost always on LR sections on PTs, I've got several minutes left over, because on average, I can answer them rather faster than the target. However, I can't easily go back to questions I wasn't confident about because it isn't easy to remember which ones I need to review unless I can write down the question number. Instead I'm going to leave it unanswered, then go back and spend more time on it.
See if this strategy helps you, if you are also someone who has some extra time at the end of LR sections.
Slow dont first. Theres no sense going fast and getting the wrong answer. Once you can get comfortable and being confident without time constraints, and practice a lot, only then should you worry about time. A common saying instructors use is:
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast... so slow down and eventually you'll speed up.
confidence boost!
what does RRE mean again?
@delaine0115 Resolve, Reconcile, or Explain questions--from previous lesson
EZZ
i am now paying more attention as to whether an answer choice even engages with the stimulus