The reason why I chose C is because this other "leading competitor" is "leading" for a reason. I read the word "leading" as the same as the term "runner-up"; so, 1st Place: Danaxil, 2nd Place: Competitor. Hence, "Evelyn's headache will be relieved at least as quickly as Jane's." So while this Competitor medicine is pretty good, it still does its job just as well as Danaxil.
I got this wrong even after the comparative lessons. Just shows the importance of reading everything to the very last detail. No idea how I'm going to be able to average 1min 24sec each question😢
I was just about to select (B) and get the question wrong until I re-read all of the answer choices and realized my mistake. I read the passage, understood that "no headache pill stops pain more quickly" is a negative comparative, but I still nearly got it wrong. It wasn't until I re-read all of the answers that I realized that while you could conclude (B) (with weak support), (C) was the more accurate and precise conclusion for the passage.
This question is hard because the answer choices use precise language and the trap answer is very attractive, not because the logic is inherently complicated. In fact, I'd imagine a lot of people perfectly understood what the passage was saying and still got it incorrect because (B) is both an early answer choice and reasonably possible answer. They just completely skipped over (C).
What I took away from this experience is to always, always read every single answer choice and to double check that I understand exactly what each answer choice is saying. I should never stop reading just because I think I know the answer.
If you answered B it is a good idea to go back to the previous Foundations lesson "Comparative Language is Versatile"
The question used the phrase "no headache pill stops main more quickly", the confusion arises from not considering the alternative.
While no pill is quicker, that doesn't exclude other pills from being as quick. So other pills could be either 1) as quick, or 2) slower. We only know that no other pill is quicker.
Committing to the claim in B is overreaching.
Lets imagine our elementary school track meet. We might have a race that finishes with a tie for first, Mark and Chris both running the same time.
Now we can say no runner is quicker than Mark.. but that does not mean that no one was as fast as Mark, and we know that Chris ran the same time.
So the only part that must be true, is that Mark will be at least as quick as other runners, we cannot say he ran quicker than all the other runners since there is that one that was also at same speed which is not quicker its equal.
TL;DR: we cannot take the phrase as < or >, since there is the possibility it could be =&< or =&>
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easy money
oh im not hungry.. i got trapped
The reason why I chose C is because this other "leading competitor" is "leading" for a reason. I read the word "leading" as the same as the term "runner-up"; so, 1st Place: Danaxil, 2nd Place: Competitor. Hence, "Evelyn's headache will be relieved at least as quickly as Jane's." So while this Competitor medicine is pretty good, it still does its job just as well as Danaxil.
I got this wrong even after the comparative lessons. Just shows the importance of reading everything to the very last detail. No idea how I'm going to be able to average 1min 24sec each question😢
The explanation made me giggle because he said something about falling for the trap answer B. It shows how using the tools they teach actually helps
So awkward because I chose B but was side eyeing the hell out of C, chose B, spirit felt wrong, knew it was C immediately omg guys pls
I got that right, I almost screamed because I've been struggling so hard 😭
no wonder they said properly concluded they mean it don't eliminates any other possibility
He knew most of us picked B lol
I felt soooo confident with B #embarrassment
I was just about to select (B) and get the question wrong until I re-read all of the answer choices and realized my mistake. I read the passage, understood that "no headache pill stops pain more quickly" is a negative comparative, but I still nearly got it wrong. It wasn't until I re-read all of the answers that I realized that while you could conclude (B) (with weak support), (C) was the more accurate and precise conclusion for the passage.
This question is hard because the answer choices use precise language and the trap answer is very attractive, not because the logic is inherently complicated. In fact, I'd imagine a lot of people perfectly understood what the passage was saying and still got it incorrect because (B) is both an early answer choice and reasonably possible answer. They just completely skipped over (C).
What I took away from this experience is to always, always read every single answer choice and to double check that I understand exactly what each answer choice is saying. I should never stop reading just because I think I know the answer.
If you answered B it is a good idea to go back to the previous Foundations lesson "Comparative Language is Versatile"
The question used the phrase "no headache pill stops main more quickly", the confusion arises from not considering the alternative.
While no pill is quicker, that doesn't exclude other pills from being as quick. So other pills could be either 1) as quick, or 2) slower. We only know that no other pill is quicker.
Committing to the claim in B is overreaching.
Lets imagine our elementary school track meet. We might have a race that finishes with a tie for first, Mark and Chris both running the same time.
Now we can say no runner is quicker than Mark.. but that does not mean that no one was as fast as Mark, and we know that Chris ran the same time.
So the only part that must be true, is that Mark will be at least as quick as other runners, we cannot say he ran quicker than all the other runners since there is that one that was also at same speed which is not quicker its equal.
TL;DR: we cannot take the phrase as < or >, since there is the possibility it could be =&< or =&>
Lol they really want to make sure you absolutely want to become a lawyer if you're taking this test
Starting to think the LSAT is just a giant exercise in justifying poorly written sentences.
I got this one wrong, but I now understand why the answer is C.
1.) The statement ‘No headache pill stops pain more quickly than Danaxil’ suggests that Danaxil is at least as fast as any competitor.
2.) However, the reference to the leading competitor implies that it performs just as well as Danaxil.
3.) It cannot surpass Danaxil in terms of effectiveness, but it can be its equal, just not exceed.
4.) Answer C is supported because the phrase ‘at least’ allows for a tie, whereas answer D's key word 'will' makes a stronger, unsupported claim.
ANSWER: Therefore, C is the best option because Evelyn’s headache will be relieved no less rapidly than Jane’s.
@D.K._DANDY this is a really helpful explanation
@DollyPstan Glad to hear it helped!
@D.K._DANDY Great explanation and amazing pfp 😼
@petvma Glad to be of help! Thank you!
If the pain isn't stopped less quickly than Danaxil, then how is the winner not other headache pills because they'd be the same?
@astrysk it never says anything about a winner or being THE ONLY quickest, it just says none are quicker
This is so BS.
this tripped me up