Only took me a minute and 28 seconds. Got it correct with 13 seconds to spare.
Honestly, I ignored the crazy conditionals and exception modules before this one... It just overcomplicates things.
I just read the question and went through each answer choice.
In my head I asked 3 things.
What is the question asking me?
Which answer choice closely resembles the application?
Which ones can I eliminate off the bat?
A lot of these lessons overcomplicate things and muddle the water... We have to be quick on these questions. It's just basic logic for a lot of these questions.
I got the correct answer, but I did not do what you did in the video. I did this:
Authentic and Desirable -> Buy
/Buy -> /Authentic or /Desirable
m/B
-----------------------------------------
/Authentic or /Desirable
Am I approaching this wrong? Is this a confusion of sufficient and necessary? If so, how do I prevent making this type of confusion in my thought process? Help!!!!
I was trying to be quick and got this one wrong but after seeing the answer it became so obvious. For anyone else who got it wrong all this fancy language breaks down to is the fundamental idea that in Bi-Conditionals all either must be true or must be false. In this question we see that one instance was not true therefore the vase was not purchased and all you need to do is find the answer choice that has the mismatch IE which one has the out of place claim .
This is my reminder that I need to slow down and question stem carefully. I diagrammed this correctly but answered opposite of what the stem was asking smh
I didn't use DeMorgan's law and still got the answer right. I just read the stimulus very carefully. I diagrammed a more simplified version of yours and still understood the right answer. I slowed down when it came to the answer choices to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
Learning the question types and doing them over and over again will help me get faster. But right now I just want to make sure I'm applying the fundamentals correctly.
I'm sure I'll need to come back to the fundamentals later and really ingrain them within me once I understand their application on the test.
Wait, how can you throw out the rule that "not just for its value as an investment" when they clearly make reference to that in (B), "not sure that the vase will appreciate much in value." All this because you can conflate "desirable for its intrinsic qualities" with "value as an investment." I know its not the right answer either way but this is junk advice is it not?
Ended up focusing too much on the "not just for its value as an investment" part and fitting it into lawgic on my first try but then got it right on the blind review.
I got it right but I don't find myself using even most of the rules we're learning. Any pressure makes those go out the window for me and just rely on my base instincts and lawgic
Finally got one right in a solid time (+4sec). All of the lessons from this unit have to be drilled into the subconscious to become second nature. just pay attention to the conjunctions and/or disjunctions and these become much easier. The answer will always follow logically to exactly what is being said in the stimulus.
Initially arrived at C because I did not take into account the application and what it actually meant by the time I got into the answer choices.
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Huge! Got it right! (Over 3 minutes though but we won't focus on that :D)
Eliminating the redundant requirements definitely eye opening!
encouragement for those who may feel frustrated: focus on accuracy then timing. you got this
Only took me a minute and 28 seconds. Got it correct with 13 seconds to spare.
Honestly, I ignored the crazy conditionals and exception modules before this one... It just overcomplicates things.
I just read the question and went through each answer choice.
In my head I asked 3 things.
What is the question asking me?
Which answer choice closely resembles the application?
Which ones can I eliminate off the bat?
A lot of these lessons overcomplicate things and muddle the water... We have to be quick on these questions. It's just basic logic for a lot of these questions.
let's go guys
I got the correct answer, but I did not do what you did in the video. I did this:
Authentic and Desirable -> Buy
/Buy -> /Authentic or /Desirable
m/B
-----------------------------------------
/Authentic or /Desirable
Am I approaching this wrong? Is this a confusion of sufficient and necessary? If so, how do I prevent making this type of confusion in my thought process? Help!!!!
I was trying to be quick and got this one wrong but after seeing the answer it became so obvious. For anyone else who got it wrong all this fancy language breaks down to is the fundamental idea that in Bi-Conditionals all either must be true or must be false. In this question we see that one instance was not true therefore the vase was not purchased and all you need to do is find the answer choice that has the mismatch IE which one has the out of place claim .
Got it right, took me some time lol
to prove that "not just for its value as an investment" isn't necessary it can be rewritten as "/investment AND investment".
So when you take the contrapositive you get "investment OR /investment", which satisfies every possible condition.
finally got this one right!! been hitting a huge wall.
I GOT IT RIGHT!! (Took me 5 minutes lol)
man i just keep getting these questions wrong, does that mean I need to likely restart the unit to better understand the concepts?
Answered correctly but took 3:42 minutes. Not sure if at this point I should be as worried about my speed.
This is my reminder that I need to slow down and question stem carefully. I diagrammed this correctly but answered opposite of what the stem was asking smh
I didn't use DeMorgan's law and still got the answer right. I just read the stimulus very carefully. I diagrammed a more simplified version of yours and still understood the right answer. I slowed down when it came to the answer choices to make sure I wasn't missing anything.
Learning the question types and doing them over and over again will help me get faster. But right now I just want to make sure I'm applying the fundamentals correctly.
I'm sure I'll need to come back to the fundamentals later and really ingrain them within me once I understand their application on the test.
I applied my logic backwards and picked the answer choice that presented the most evidence that she should actually grab the piece
Wait, how can you throw out the rule that "not just for its value as an investment" when they clearly make reference to that in (B), "not sure that the vase will appreciate much in value." All this because you can conflate "desirable for its intrinsic qualities" with "value as an investment." I know its not the right answer either way but this is junk advice is it not?
Ended up focusing too much on the "not just for its value as an investment" part and fitting it into lawgic on my first try but then got it right on the blind review.
I got it right but I don't find myself using even most of the rules we're learning. Any pressure makes those go out the window for me and just rely on my base instincts and lawgic
anyone else feeling incredibly low after these try it yourself qustions?
E was my second choice and this isnt the first time. Just feeling very down after some of these.
i confused the sufficient and necessary cause i didn't see the only if at first and still got it right lol, anyone else?
dang this question took me 1 HOUR and I got it wrong!!!! what will I do!!!
Finally got one right in a solid time (+4sec). All of the lessons from this unit have to be drilled into the subconscious to become second nature. just pay attention to the conjunctions and/or disjunctions and these become much easier. The answer will always follow logically to exactly what is being said in the stimulus.
Initially arrived at C because I did not take into account the application and what it actually meant by the time I got into the answer choices.