Hi,

So I am just really lost on why the right answer here was B instead of A. Can anyone explain why B is right and A is wrong?

When looking at the question, I focused primarily on the last two sentences of passage A (kinda treated those last two sentences as a LR question).

As a result, A looked like it weakened the argument passage A gives in these last two sentences because it created a reason for the phenomena (of rich people usually paying about the same under progressive tax as they would under flat tax) to be surprising (and thus less "unsurprising").

In addition, I just didn't see how B weakens the idea that this phenomena was "unsurprising", and as a result, I thought B was incorrect.

#HELP

Thanks!

I understand the whole formal logic chain, pretty simple, however I do not understand why the last sentence is added to the end of the chain (a necessary condition) when the sentence starts out as 'The only', which implies sufficiency. Not sure for legal reasons if I am able to post the actual question on here, but I am more the welcome to if somebody if willing to assist me. Thanks!

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Please share your thought process and how you get the correct answer!

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General question for LR for fellow students. If you had to rank the difficulty of all the types of questions in LR, how would you rank them?

To solve this necessary assumption question I used the technique of negating each answer, and then seeing which opposite answer choice would have to weaken the argument. The one that must weaken the argument is the answer. However, here, I just can't quite understand why C is not the answer (I understand why E is the answer though).

Any help appreciated!

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Hi,

I am having difficulty diagramming this question:

This is what I have so far:

P1: ~Increase Ag Prod. ----> Reduce Biodiv.---> Abandon C.A.

C : Sustain EG ----> Increase Ag Prod.---> Abandon C.A.

I assumed that abandoning conventional agricultural techniques, and radically modifying agricultural techniques to be the same (Abandon C.A.)

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Hi all,

I came across this game in a practice test (# unknown) recently. I am wondering how best to approach it. I am especially interested in understanding how to diagram this game. Thanks in advance!

Two friends, Rachel and Teresa, own a dog walking business. During a particular week, on Monday through Friday, they walk three dogs--a Newfoundland, and Otterhound, and a Poodle--in accordance with the following conditions:

-Each dog is walked exactly once by each friend and no dog is walked twice in one day.

-Rachel walks the Newfoundland at some time in the week before she walks the Poodle.

-Rachel walks the Poodle earlier in the week than Teresa does.

-Teresa walks the Otterhound earlier in the week than Rachel does.

-Rachel walks the Newfoundland on the day immediately before the day or the day immediately after the day on which Teresa walks the Newfoundland.

-Rachel walks no dogs on Wednesday.

Just want to share my notes/thought process!

Cannot is G4 negate necessary

Good legal system -> well paid

Police well paid -> good legal system

Flips lawgic

A. E. Irrelevant

B. Must is a stretch, we dont care about them

C. Effective is irrelevant

D. Yes, it should be a NC but it switches to SC which doesn’t warrant the lawgic if NC is satisfied

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Hi, I'm currently a 167-169ish scorer. My goal is T14, preferably East Coast schools with dreams of Penn/Columbia. Just hypothetically speaking, if I were to get a 167-169 in Nov and a 172 in January, what would you say is the better time to apply? Im thinking I could get that three point increase by January if I tried hard enough! I graduated from an international institute with a "Superior" (GPA of 3.78/4.3)

I got this question wrong both before and after BR and the explanations did not help but I finally think I understand it so I wanted to help anyone still confused like I was!

Here is how I logically mapped it out (I,F, and U mean inviting, functional, unobtrusive)

I & F → U

Contrapositive: Not U → not I or not F

This is the rule which the stimulus says modern architects violate. To violate this rule it would be that it is NOT the case that (I & F → U)

In other words, in order to violate this rule, there must be some case in which there is I and F, but not U

This is where I got caught up, as I was thinking that they had only mentioned that the buildings were not functional, but had not mentioned if they were inviting- but that doesn't matter. For the rule to be violated, it HAS to be the case (MUST BE TRUE) that there is some case with I, F, and NOT U. The other details are unimportant, as the correct answer just focuses on one aspect of the conditions that must be met for this rule to be violated.

Let me know if anyone has another explanation that makes more sense, or if my reasoning is wrong at any point!

Taking the flex in 2 weeks, and LR is crushing me. I do sections and get around a -8, then in BR I check my flagged questions and usually end up at a -5 (my goal). Whenever I look over the questions I think "of course the answer isn't this" and end up picking the correct answer. I guess my issue is the time and pressure, but how do I overcome this? Any tips would be appreciated!

Can someone explain how C is incorrect? I can’t seem to wrap my head around how differently answer choice B and C affects the argument. Thank you!

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Can someone explain the reasoning behind the correct answer

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The reason why the restorers want to make an exception for De Volterra is that De Volterra removed ALL layers of paint in the sections of the paintings where he made his addition before he made these additional. This suggests: De Volterra removed not only those layers of paint that people other than Michelangelo had added but also parts of Michelangelo's works themselves. This in turn means: If De Volterra's additions were removed as well, Michelangelo's underlying painting would not be revealed. Instead, there would just be a blank piece of wall, as De Volterra already removed those sections of Michelangelo's work that were there originally.

Making an exception for De Volterra thus arguably makes sense, because even an addition made by a painter other than Michelangelo would seem better than just have a blank piece of wall in the middle of Michelangelo's painting.

Does anyone know when the October 2019 International Score release date is? The Exam was on October 13.

I was self-doubting after the test and had to distract myself. I've read somewhere that not only the "curve" is pre-calculated based on previous experimental sections, test-takers are actually compared with others in their score band, because a question that is "very difficult (5/5)" for sub-160 test-takers might be an "average(3/5)" for 170 test-takers.

I'm making an inference on this. Under extreme circumstance, if one section is SOO difficult that only genius (1%) of the population can perform well. Then would it result in a curve that looks like this?

170: -10

160: -40

Sorry this has nothing to do with actual test, just food for thought out of curiosity.

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Hi,

Can anyone help explain why the answer here is E instead of C? I understand why A,B, and D are wrong, but I just don't understand why C is wrong. I felt the main idea of the passage was that we need to reform the way we rehabilitate child criminals, which seemed to me to be a form of cooperation between criminologists and law enforcement (since creating such policy would be a form of law enforcement finally acting on the criminologists' findings).

Any #help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

I had a quick question about a line of reasoning regarding the correct answer to this question. I got the correct answer, E, but for a different reason than what was explained in the explanation video. In the video, the narrator discusses the difference between old people and old people with insomnia and claims that this is where the sample is unrepresentative. However, when I was thinking about this question, I was focused on the phrase "as they age" and the fact that the sample size was those aged 65-81. I thought that it was too difficult to determine that melatonin was produced less as you age because what if it is produced at a lower rate during early years as well, but the sample only included older people? Would this line of reasoning be incorrect? Is this a type of thinking anyone else had?

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I want to try using tougher non-lsat passages to create questions. Each member will be assigned a question type to create with the same passage. Only message if you are serious and willing to commit, as this will require a group chat and a virtual meet-up to discuss approaches. If you can't turn your camera on to engage, and can't commit to meeting times, don't message. Personally I average -5 and this group will be more effective if the average gaps are very wide. From explaining answer choices to approaches, and sharing different way to tackle question stems, diverse averages will actually work best. Planning to sit for June but will reconsider if I'm not ready

Has anyone taken the May LSAT-Flex on a Surface Go tablet/ laptop. I just want to see how your experience was. I am a bit anxious as when I test my camera on the proctor U site, the camera freezes a bit. I want to know if this is normal or if I should think of using a different laptop.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Hello!

My name is Christo and I am wondering if there is anyone that would be willing to provide any tips on the Digital LSAT. I will be taking the test in November and am concerned about logistics for the testing day. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Christo