I'm starting to see the benefit of ctrl+f, low res summary is great at retaining info efficiently, but questions like this require attention to details. We cannot remember every single detail obviously, so, by eliminating the wrong ones, we must ctrl+f for such questions, and get info needed for securing the right answer
@180forLSAT190forbf Yes, I've started doing the very same! Actually, it's been so useful for me that it's almost felt like cheating, so I Googled if we're allowed to use Ctrl + F on the official LSAT. As it turns out, the Ctrl + F built into our browsers are actually disabled during the test; instead, we're expected to use the search built into the LSAT test page. As far as I can tell, it works and even highlights the exact same as Chrome's Ctrl + F, so it doesn't feel any different. So, make sure you're practicing using the built-in search, so you can emulate the exact test-taking experience!
D doesn't feel right to me because it is making the assumption that 350 degrees is in the range of transition temperature - how am I supposed to know that from the passage alone?
Also, the passage does talk about what would happen if the temperature is lower than the transition temp range, but never talks about what happens when the temperature actually reaches the transition temp.
@jess.zzz Where in the passage or question does it mention 350?
What we know from the passge is that molten glass turns to a solid at its transition temp. So if we heat solid glass to the transition temp, it becomes molten and can flow as a liquid, under its own weight.
"Glass will..."
D - flow downward under its own weight if it is heated to its glass transition temperature.
D is correct. The passage does suggest/imply that that will happen.
AC A is incorrect because glass takes on the physical properties of a solid below its transition temp.
AC B is incorrect because the passage states based on calculations that it would take an incredibly long time for glass to flow that much, not just millenia.
AC C is incorrect because glass will not behave as a solid EVEN above its transition temp. It will become molten.
AC E is incorrect because glass does, for all intents and purposes, stop flowing even without being in a fixed crystal structure.
when they say "under its own weight" what are they referring to in D? I thought it couldn't flow under its own weight? Or is that part irrelevant because we are using the sufficient condition that it has been heated to its glass transition temperature?
@acatinthehat this is referring to the sentence in paragraph 2 that states "under the force of gravity....". I'm not a science person at all, but gravity does tend to weigh things down, so when the answer choice says "under its own weight", it's referring to the force of gravity pulling it down.
Knowing a bit of background about glass blowing REALLY helped answering this question - D felt like the obvious choice bc of course when glass is heated to its transition temp (when it turns into a liquid most likely) it would start to become liquid and therefore flow. Recommending the show Blown Away on Netflix for help visualizing this ahaha
i was down to A, C and D. chose C initially and then really dove deep in BR where i came down to A and D, felt like A was better because i dont see where it talks about the weight.......
Once again... Three takes and three incorrect answers. Ouch. It's just wild because this particular stimulus really doesn't seem that difficult to me. Like... I feel like I get it. And the questions don't seem that difficult. But the answer choices are just brutal.
The question stem threw me off with the atomic structure, and when I searched it, it was the last sentence of the first paragraph that made me match it with C. But it makes sense that C is right because the even when means before and after, so fair enough LSAT writers.
It reverses the relationship presented in the passage.
The passage indicates that structurally, glass is not arranged in a fixed crystal structure like a solid (which may imply it's structured more like a liquid), but behaves as a solid below the glass transition temperature.
What (A) claims: Glass behaves like a liquid, even though it structurally has properties of a solid
I think most of us (including me) carry a false assumption to this task: "It's reading, for fuck's sake. I've been doing it forever. What is going on, here?"
But in fact we are learning to play an instrument -- piano, french horn, take your pick. This is not the reading we have always done. It's a new skill. And just as with learning an instrument, it has two unfailing properties:
1) takes regular frequent patient practice, which if done,
2) yields great results.
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Today I learned that a millennia is 1000 years. I thought it was a lot longer than that
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I'm starting to see the benefit of ctrl+f, low res summary is great at retaining info efficiently, but questions like this require attention to details. We cannot remember every single detail obviously, so, by eliminating the wrong ones, we must ctrl+f for such questions, and get info needed for securing the right answer
@180forLSAT190forbf Yes, I've started doing the very same! Actually, it's been so useful for me that it's almost felt like cheating, so I Googled if we're allowed to use Ctrl + F on the official LSAT. As it turns out, the Ctrl + F built into our browsers are actually disabled during the test; instead, we're expected to use the search built into the LSAT test page. As far as I can tell, it works and even highlights the exact same as Chrome's Ctrl + F, so it doesn't feel any different. So, make sure you're practicing using the built-in search, so you can emulate the exact test-taking experience!
D doesn't feel right to me because it is making the assumption that 350 degrees is in the range of transition temperature - how am I supposed to know that from the passage alone?
Also, the passage does talk about what would happen if the temperature is lower than the transition temp range, but never talks about what happens when the temperature actually reaches the transition temp.
@jess.zzz Where in the passage or question does it mention 350?
What we know from the passge is that molten glass turns to a solid at its transition temp. So if we heat solid glass to the transition temp, it becomes molten and can flow as a liquid, under its own weight.
"Glass will..."
D - flow downward under its own weight if it is heated to its glass transition temperature.
D is correct. The passage does suggest/imply that that will happen.
AC A is incorrect because glass takes on the physical properties of a solid below its transition temp.
AC B is incorrect because the passage states based on calculations that it would take an incredibly long time for glass to flow that much, not just millenia.
AC C is incorrect because glass will not behave as a solid EVEN above its transition temp. It will become molten.
AC E is incorrect because glass does, for all intents and purposes, stop flowing even without being in a fixed crystal structure.
Gotta give myself props for this one. I'm not great with RC, but nailed this in 0:44. There is hope!
Lol I fell for both A & C
enuff
lmao nah
when they say "under its own weight" what are they referring to in D? I thought it couldn't flow under its own weight? Or is that part irrelevant because we are using the sufficient condition that it has been heated to its glass transition temperature?
@acatinthehat this is referring to the sentence in paragraph 2 that states "under the force of gravity....". I'm not a science person at all, but gravity does tend to weigh things down, so when the answer choice says "under its own weight", it's referring to the force of gravity pulling it down.
Knowing a bit of background about glass blowing REALLY helped answering this question - D felt like the obvious choice bc of course when glass is heated to its transition temp (when it turns into a liquid most likely) it would start to become liquid and therefore flow. Recommending the show Blown Away on Netflix for help visualizing this ahaha
i was down to A, C and D. chose C initially and then really dove deep in BR where i came down to A and D, felt like A was better because i dont see where it talks about the weight.......
in what world would i get this under 1:10
That was genuinely the hardest question I've had in the 4 months I've been doing LSAT stuff
chose A originally and then D after blind review...still struggling with this one.
Once again... Three takes and three incorrect answers. Ouch. It's just wild because this particular stimulus really doesn't seem that difficult to me. Like... I feel like I get it. And the questions don't seem that difficult. But the answer choices are just brutal.
oof
im tired of these stupid medieval formal passages bro
I just re-did it and picked d to stop crying. cuz what the actual fuck is this.
The question stem threw me off with the atomic structure, and when I searched it, it was the last sentence of the first paragraph that made me match it with C. But it makes sense that C is right because the even when means before and after, so fair enough LSAT writers.
its genuinely SO fucking hard to do an RC passage if its the most boring thing you ever read.
I laughed at (D) when doing this question. Laughed at it...
@visschdawg the way I laughed out loud.
@visschdawg then it laughed at you
They're evil for this one
I am going to pray that my lsat doesn't have a passage or questions like these cause brooooo
@Julietb07 This was a mind fuck wtf!
Another possible explanation of why A is wrong:
It reverses the relationship presented in the passage.
The passage indicates that structurally, glass is not arranged in a fixed crystal structure like a solid (which may imply it's structured more like a liquid), but behaves as a solid below the glass transition temperature.
What (A) claims: Glass behaves like a liquid, even though it structurally has properties of a solid
I think most of us (including me) carry a false assumption to this task: "It's reading, for fuck's sake. I've been doing it forever. What is going on, here?"
But in fact we are learning to play an instrument -- piano, french horn, take your pick. This is not the reading we have always done. It's a new skill. And just as with learning an instrument, it has two unfailing properties:
1) takes regular frequent patient practice, which if done,
2) yields great results.
Today I learned that a millennia is 1000 years. I thought it was a lot longer than that