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My brothers and sisters of the LSAT (sounds so corny lol),
I understand that many of you are anxiously awaiting your LSAT score; however, I have a question for you. Hopefully, it'll divert you from anxiety for a few minutes haha. On average, how do you interpret the word "OFTEN" in a logical reasoning stimulus?
Would you say if falls within the realm of "many" or "most"?
Thank you all.
Woke up, thanked GOD, showered, ate breakfast, now I just keep checking my email. I mean I do have an iPhone and the emails are always delayed. So any minute now......
Has anybody picked up on trends for reading comprehension inferences for MSS questions? Ideally I want to make a chart that lists the "most common types of inferences" for RC, similar to the "most common types of flaws" for LR.
Hi guys, I have a question about and/or in this Q. Example the first sentence is A gift is not generous, unless benefits recipient & is worth more than expected
So when I apply the unless translation do I change the AND to an OR no matter what side i translate it to or do I keep the AND then switch when taking the contrapositive? Im confused...reading too many prep materials lol...
For example would this be correct?
~ benefit the recipient AND is ~ worth more than expected -> ~ generous
CP: Generous -> Benefit recipient or Worth more than expected
If I have:
/G most W
--------------
W some U
And, I want to draw "W some U".
Are these possibilities?
/G most U
/G most W
/G some U
/G most W
/G ---> U
/G most W
I don't see how this one works.
/G some U
/G most W
I know why C is right, but still can't put my finger on why D is wrong.
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-51-section-1-question-15/
When there is a premise saying A cause B, For example.
A.
Premise(1): A Cause B
Premise(2). There is B
Conclusion: There is A
Is this a valid way of reasoning?
B. This is valid reasoning, right?
Premise(1): A Cause B
Premise(2). There is A
Conclusion: There is B
Hey guys! Here's the official September LSAT Discussion Thread. Please keep all discussions of the September 2016 LSAT here!
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If I diagram the following:
GP-->L
GP-->H
I can conclude:
L some H
Correct?
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-25-section-3-game-2/
Preptest 25 - Section 3 - Game 2
I don't get question 10 and 12!
Can someone help out for question 10? I don’t see why it’s not answer “C,” which allows four tourists to speak Turkish.
@dannyy121 Mentioned:
“For Q10, is it also possible that H,I,K all speak Turkish? My board looks like:
V: M
X: N
Y: H & I & K
Z: L
Each tourist can speak only one of the languages that the guide can speak. so in case where N and L speak Spanish, N can also go to X, since X speaks Spanish and Turkish?”
Because of this confusion, I chose answer "C," but the right answer is supposed to be "B."
Given the rules, I feel that this is an acceptable situation. What am I missing?
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For Q12, I don’t see why exactly 3 tourists don’t speak Spanish (answer “C”). My board looks like:
V: K
X: M & N
Y: H & I
Z: L
“M, N & L” all speak Spanish, which would make “C” a choosable answer. Can someone help me out here?
I don’t see where I went wrong. In my eyes answer “C” and “E” are right, and I chose answer “C,” but the right answer is supposed to be "E."
Hey guys,
I can't seem to find the deadline for registering for the Dec. LSAT. Could someone help me out? lol
If you have used the Powerscore LR Bible, this question is for you!
I have previously used the LSAT Trainer and have just begun the Core Curriculum (Starter Kit). My LR can improve to say the least. That being said, is there information to gain from the Powerscore LR Bible that I cannot gain from 7Sage Core Curriculum and/or LSAT trainer?
Any additional advice towards improving LR would also be much appreciated! :)
Hello,
I have a question about these two choices
1. the argument takes for granted that the higher sales of established products are due to effective advertising
2. the argument confuses a condition necessary for increasing product sales with a condition that will ensure increased sales
So I thought in the stimulusu says
lower sale(This season's sales...)→ill conceived（Thus...）
Then 1. says effective ad→higher sale
So this looks like contrapositive of what the stimulus says
（ill conveived=effective ad）
In 2. I thought it says higer sale→effective ad is actually the correct one, and because the stimulus says lower sale→ill conceived, it confuses the sufficient and necessary.
Why I cannot think this way?
Thanks
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-73-section-2-question-15/
I understand why the correct answer is right, but I'm not so sure about the incorrect answers. If someone can check my reasoning and see if I am correct, I would be so appreciative and grateful!
A) This answer choice discusses luck which was never talked about in the exchange. I also think it is wrong because of the word "rarely" while we know that some farms have positive successful rates which the critic argues against, we don't know the rate of the farms success.
B) The critics do not show that the results would be different if twice the amount of farms were studied; they only say the farms studied were the ones that were amenable to natural methods, the results would be the same because of the farms selected under study
C) This is true except for the fact that the critics show justification for their reasoning (farms that were selected for study)
D) They don't demonstrate that natural methods are not suitable for the majority of farms; they only point out that if a self selecting group is used for a study, then it is not representative of all farms using natural methods
E) captures the flaw, the study is saying natural methods success rates is possible, not that it is representative for all farms
Hi!
So I've been practicing LG and I've run into a timing problem on one of them. I can easily get all the answers right in 8 min, but it is considered an 'easy' game. I think what the problem is, is that there aren't really any inferences from the rules you can make, so the questions are all 'If this....then what?' questions. This obviously requires a new board, but I'm even finding in order to eliminate all but 1 answer choice I need to draw 2 boards (ie a block of TWE that goes into 567 and then TWE going into 456 because those are the 2 places those blocks can go). Has anyone found a way to do this more quickly? Or should I just expect to spend more time on these types of games?
Hi,
So the one area I desperately need to improve is RC. I've been getting around 10 wrong on the RC. Which book is a better book to refer to Powerscore's RC bible or Kaplan's RC. If there is any other resource worth referring to, please let me know.
FYI, they usually start to release the scores at the late afternoon. What are you going to do on Oct. 17th/18th? Are you going to stare at your email inbox? Or sleep through it? Or play video games?
I can't for the life of me figure out why (A) is better and (E), any help?
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-45-section-2-passage-1-passage/
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-45-section-2-passage-1-questions/
I've had a tough time doing this.
An analysis of the XO Candy Corporation divided its products into two categories: chocolate-based candies and non-chocolate-based candies. The analysis shows that, unlike the non-chocolate candies, few chocolate candies sold enough units to be profitable. Nevertheless, stopping production of the unprofitable chocolate candies will not necessarily make the entire company more profitable, because__________________ .
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
A. a large proportion of XO’s customers are those who initially bought XO’s chocolate candies and eventually went on to buy other candies made by XO.
B. XO has recently removed its two lowest-selling chocolate candies from their product line and replaced them with different types of chocolate candies.
C. the recipes of the chocolate candies date from the 19th century, while the non-chocolate candies were all developed more recently.
D.the chocolate candies are distributed differently than the non-chocolate candies, as chocolates are more popular on the coasts.
E.fewer people eat candy at all than they did a decade ago because of growing concern about obesity.
My logic is here. I really appreciate if someone can help me find any flaws in my understanding.
Gist of the stimulus: Chocolate candies aren't as profitable as the non chocolate ones because the chocolate candies sold fewer in number. Author believes that, due to some reason,shutting down chocolate candies operations wouldn't increase the profits.
Assumption: there is some good reason to retain the chocolate division(not sure whether it should be monetary or not)
A:This is the credited answer.
Thought that the reputation of the chocolate division is unnecessary here. Moreover, this choice is in past tense(who bought). I still see there is some bearing to stimulus but not a strong one to attract futurr customers.
B:May be the new ones opened still need some time to show if profitable or not. As per stimulus, Shutting down a few, including the new ones, will not increase the profits. I chose this and can't make out a good reason to eliminate.
C: development vs chocolate operations retention ->irrelevant
D : popular vs profitable. Not sure if this has some bearing on retention.
E: irrelevant since it doesn't focus why chocolate operations need to be retained.
I thought I'd make a thread about possible curves for the exam. What do 7Sagers think?
Is it just me or was this the easiest Reading Comprehension you've ever seen?
I'm currently contemplating cancelling my score. I received no sleep the night before and could not focus starting out. In addition to that, I had to guess on the last section of LG (5 or 6 questions). My only concern and question is, how do schools view a cancellation? On the other hand, if I keep the score and get lower than expected, will schools average the September and December score or take higher? Any insight would be much appreciated.
This is a weakening question, I wouldn't call it a curve breaker question but it definitely gave me some trouble.
I know why (B) the credited response is correct, however I am having a tough time articulating why ( C ) is incorrect. This was attractive to me because I initially thought that non-rodent sample that the researcher used was not representative thus weakening the reasoning in the argument.
https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-48-section-4-question-26/