Glad everyone in the comments is improving their SA skills! I, however, thought that the bridge between premises and conclusion needed to be built between calcium helping raise blood pressure. I diagramed the premises correctly, but got the conclusion mixed up. I did older people <-s-> blood pressure goes down w/ milk. I realize now that that's a conditional relationship while the premises were causal.
Does anyone else still struggle even though they feel like they are working very hard and trying their best? Just me?
#feedback 5 minutes in you write that a glass of milk -c-> rising blood pressure. This is the opposite of what the conclusion states. This should say lowers BP, unless I'm completely misunderstanding.
When I went to the answers I was explicitly looking for something that said that there was Vitamin D in milk that older people drink. When I went through the answers I got it down to A and C, ultimately I ruled out A and choose C. I did this because A mentions other substances which automatically in my brain I thought we aren't talking about other substances just Vitamin D so I ruled it out.
this is an awesome lesson, the explanations for B and C provided some great clarification on S.A. vs N.A. For a second I even tricked myself into thinking B was a necc. assumption but it isn't as was explained. In fact, answer choice B itself requires a handful of assumptions to be true which defies the purpose of being a necc. assumption.
I was absolutely expecting the answers to exploit grammar rules, as the opposite of rising is simply not rising, yet the conclusion of the argument states that milk will DECREASE blood pressure. It doesn't change the correct answer, thankfully.
did this question before watching the video and got the right answer bc even tho i know that sa questions are sub-strengthen questions, it just clicked to me that they're sub-strengthen questions.
feels like i just had a major breakthrough in case anyone cares
I mapped out the stimulus to the best of my ability, and found the assumption. My question is, why do we need to assume that there is vitamin d in the milk? Is there a reason why finding the assumption that older people will be able to absorb the calcium in a glass of milk would not be sufficient to find the correct answer?
This is kind of a random question so late in the curriculum, but I have been wondering how one should map out these questions while taking the LSAT online. I know we are allowed scratch paper, but is it worth taking the extra time to physically map out these questions like J.Y.? It would be so much easier to do it directly on the exam... are there highlighting and underlining options? It is my first time taking it online. #help
watching this video literally just now made me realize why these questions are are called Sufficient assumptions because it literally what they are it just now clicked LOL.
Properties of part vs properties of whole was very useful!
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Glad everyone in the comments is improving their SA skills! I, however, thought that the bridge between premises and conclusion needed to be built between calcium helping raise blood pressure. I diagramed the premises correctly, but got the conclusion mixed up. I did older people <-s-> blood pressure goes down w/ milk. I realize now that that's a conditional relationship while the premises were causal.
Does anyone else still struggle even though they feel like they are working very hard and trying their best? Just me?
Anticipate "extra" info not necessarily mentioned in the stimulus, in the correct answer for Sufficient Assumption questions
I HATE THIS QUESTION
Milk causes me to gas. Which in turn causes me to smile. Therefore people should drink milk if they want to smile.
Why? Because Milk can cause one to "gas".
Can this be an example of a causal argument with the correct connection applied?
"Useless Answer" JY LMFAO
#feedback 5 minutes in you write that a glass of milk -c-> rising blood pressure. This is the opposite of what the conclusion states. This should say lowers BP, unless I'm completely misunderstanding.
im afraid that JY has turned me into an SA God. I am killing these...even though it takes me 3+ minutes LOLLL
Oh my god im finally getting these
It's finally clicking for me which makes me so excited, lets go we got this
When I went to the answers I was explicitly looking for something that said that there was Vitamin D in milk that older people drink. When I went through the answers I got it down to A and C, ultimately I ruled out A and choose C. I did this because A mentions other substances which automatically in my brain I thought we aren't talking about other substances just Vitamin D so I ruled it out.
Im so glad I got the question right I was so sure I got it wrong
this is an awesome lesson, the explanations for B and C provided some great clarification on S.A. vs N.A. For a second I even tricked myself into thinking B was a necc. assumption but it isn't as was explained. In fact, answer choice B itself requires a handful of assumptions to be true which defies the purpose of being a necc. assumption.
I was absolutely expecting the answers to exploit grammar rules, as the opposite of rising is simply not rising, yet the conclusion of the argument states that milk will DECREASE blood pressure. It doesn't change the correct answer, thankfully.
chat I finally got one
I did this question before the video, and I feel like I am finally at a point where I can intuitively pick the answer while reading the stimulus!!
did this question before watching the video and got the right answer bc even tho i know that sa questions are sub-strengthen questions, it just clicked to me that they're sub-strengthen questions.
feels like i just had a major breakthrough in case anyone cares
I mapped out the stimulus to the best of my ability, and found the assumption. My question is, why do we need to assume that there is vitamin d in the milk? Is there a reason why finding the assumption that older people will be able to absorb the calcium in a glass of milk would not be sufficient to find the correct answer?
This is kind of a random question so late in the curriculum, but I have been wondering how one should map out these questions while taking the LSAT online. I know we are allowed scratch paper, but is it worth taking the extra time to physically map out these questions like J.Y.? It would be so much easier to do it directly on the exam... are there highlighting and underlining options? It is my first time taking it online. #help
shouldn't the conclusion say: glass of milk -c→ lower bp
- I'm confused as to why this isn't the case, help!
I am having the most trouble on this section than any other. :( </3
watching this video literally just now made me realize why these questions are are called Sufficient assumptions because it literally what they are it just now clicked LOL.
I don't understand answer choice B.... hopefully I get it after I review flaw questions
OH HE NEEED SOME MILK
i had a fucking stroke reading A
Properties of part vs properties of whole was very useful!