This reasoning is weird I feel like, what if her yard is question was long in length say it was 1000 feet in length but 40 feed wide that would cut the property in half but a smaller "yard which the same 20 foot rule applies that is 40 feet long but 800 feet wide is bigger than the "larger yard". to do the math on it the real property would be 1000x20 for the large yard and 40x780 for the other yard which is now bigger.
i feel like rolanda can be blamed for thinking that the yard is bigger, when she knows the property lines start 20ft from the sidewalk lol. could argue she was looking at a smaller house. how else did she think the yard was bigger?
poor tom got the scolding. all he was doing was pointing out the rule.
@steamboatwillie Consider that Rolanda was aware of the 20ft city property rule. So -20ft of yard in Tom and Rolanda's mind. It could still be the case that the yard is larger than any yard they have seen, even if 20 feet of yard is city property because it is just a much larger yard. Say one yard is 3k sq. ft and another is 20k sq. ft both lose the same amount of sq ft but one is still much larger.
One thing that could help Tom's argument is saying that "Rolanda is assuming all streets are straight." Because a different house could have a smaller yard but, because of the curvature of the road, is farther than 20 feet from the street. So it doesn't lose any of its property to the city and it's "smaller" yard has more land for private use.
I am not sure if this will help but I thought of it this way: Tom said that the rule Rolanda mentioned only applies to the specific house with a large yard, which is part of the city. However, Rolanda clarified that the rule actually applies to all the other homes they looked at as well. The issue is that Tom assumes the rule is only specific to the house with the large yard, but in reality, it applies to all the homes in that town. Does that make sense?
u know what gets into my head sometimes? seeing the length of the video. im thinking, if the video is rly long (8, 10+ minutes) the question must be harder so when im answering the question, im making it more difficult for myself because i think it's a harder question. but for this question, i purposefully didn't let myself see the time duration for this video and i answered the question faster than the target time.
it's rly the little things that screw with ur head with prepping for this exam
I really have panic tendencies, I know an answer does not seem right but I choose it because I'm running out of time or I don't immediately see an answer that is perfect. I need to calm down.
If the dimensions of the yards are not all the same, the 20 foot set back changes the area of the yards in a way that is not uniform. For that reason, I think the high heals example is misleading.
how? In a room full of people wearing 5 inch heels, there's also bound to be variability between their heights. similarly, there's variability between the dimensions of the yards. The change is "uniform" in the sense that they all lost the same amount of area. Maybe not relative to the yards themselves but to the entire neighbourhood. If everyone were to take their heels off, they'd lose the same amount of height.
If everyone takes their heels off they lose the same height because we know that feet start at the shoe, but we don't necessarily know if the yards all start at the same distance from the street, therefore the rule might not apply uniformly. I think this question could be a little confusing if you overthink it.
Got this question in just over a minute and could've gotten it sooner if I didn't map it out (I always do it as practice). If you're struggling to comprehend this one the parallel that JY uses is perfect. Great lesson!
sometimes seeing that red circle at the top of the screen can make me feel really disheartened too. But we are all still learning and these things take practice. We got this!
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tom you are so fcking dumb o hmy god
This reasoning is weird I feel like, what if her yard is question was long in length say it was 1000 feet in length but 40 feed wide that would cut the property in half but a smaller "yard which the same 20 foot rule applies that is 40 feet long but 800 feet wide is bigger than the "larger yard". to do the math on it the real property would be 1000x20 for the large yard and 40x780 for the other yard which is now bigger.
get his ass rolanda
Rolanda gotta drop Tom
Am I the only one who thought that the Oak Ave property was not in Prairieview?
i feel like rolanda can be blamed for thinking that the yard is bigger, when she knows the property lines start 20ft from the sidewalk lol. could argue she was looking at a smaller house. how else did she think the yard was bigger?
poor tom got the scolding. all he was doing was pointing out the rule.
@steamboatwillie Consider that Rolanda was aware of the 20ft city property rule. So -20ft of yard in Tom and Rolanda's mind. It could still be the case that the yard is larger than any yard they have seen, even if 20 feet of yard is city property because it is just a much larger yard. Say one yard is 3k sq. ft and another is 20k sq. ft both lose the same amount of sq ft but one is still much larger.
website not working or its real slow. and it keeps reloading randomly.
this might be my best section yet
got it in 20 seconds and felt smart until I looked at the difficulty level.
48 sec
44 secs
Gordy, I aspire to be like you. I see you comment on your achievements in just about every video.
nah fr gordy is him, i need gordys speed and skill for the june lsat
got it in 44 seconds :D
This is an easy one, but I took too long :(
I got this in 55 seconds and they still said I am too slow :(
One thing that could help Tom's argument is saying that "Rolanda is assuming all streets are straight." Because a different house could have a smaller yard but, because of the curvature of the road, is farther than 20 feet from the street. So it doesn't lose any of its property to the city and it's "smaller" yard has more land for private use.
Can someone help... i am not doing well on this section what so ever...
I am not sure if this will help but I thought of it this way: Tom said that the rule Rolanda mentioned only applies to the specific house with a large yard, which is part of the city. However, Rolanda clarified that the rule actually applies to all the other homes they looked at as well. The issue is that Tom assumes the rule is only specific to the house with the large yard, but in reality, it applies to all the homes in that town. Does that make sense?
Thank you so much! this makes more sense!
Took me 2:52 but got it correct :))))
u know what gets into my head sometimes? seeing the length of the video. im thinking, if the video is rly long (8, 10+ minutes) the question must be harder so when im answering the question, im making it more difficult for myself because i think it's a harder question. but for this question, i purposefully didn't let myself see the time duration for this video and i answered the question faster than the target time.
it's rly the little things that screw with ur head with prepping for this exam
I really have panic tendencies, I know an answer does not seem right but I choose it because I'm running out of time or I don't immediately see an answer that is perfect. I need to calm down.
What a strange question
If the dimensions of the yards are not all the same, the 20 foot set back changes the area of the yards in a way that is not uniform. For that reason, I think the high heals example is misleading.
how? In a room full of people wearing 5 inch heels, there's also bound to be variability between their heights. similarly, there's variability between the dimensions of the yards. The change is "uniform" in the sense that they all lost the same amount of area. Maybe not relative to the yards themselves but to the entire neighbourhood. If everyone were to take their heels off, they'd lose the same amount of height.
I think the example was great.
If everyone takes their heels off they lose the same height because we know that feet start at the shoe, but we don't necessarily know if the yards all start at the same distance from the street, therefore the rule might not apply uniformly. I think this question could be a little confusing if you overthink it.
Come on Tom!
this was tougher than a 2 star
Got this question in just over a minute and could've gotten it sooner if I didn't map it out (I always do it as practice). If you're struggling to comprehend this one the parallel that JY uses is perfect. Great lesson!
i feel like no matter how much i practice flaw questions i don't get any better :/
sometimes seeing that red circle at the top of the screen can make me feel really disheartened too. But we are all still learning and these things take practice. We got this!
Same for me but to all the questions. But it will all be worth it soon. Just keep fishing. LFG!