Ok, so let me try explain. For the record, I skipped this question and came back to it and got it right.

I ultimately settled on A, because for starters, we already know that investment is NOT decreasing (which was half the answer). We also know that the economy is weak when unemployment rises. However, unemployment ONLY rises when investment decreases, which we already established... it is not. Therefore, the economy can't be weak in addition to investment not decreasing. Hence, we get A.

I don't know if this is how others got it, but hey, it worked for me, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

@saulgoodman13 Because, at least for me, it doesn't explicitly state whether or not the delivery time is a drawback. It is simply comparing two options. But it isn't necessarily saying that the delivery time taking longer than the cook time means that the cost may outweigh the benefit.

@jansenbienmbelarmino Aha! That's how they get you. They confuse you with a bunch of facts that are irrelevant to the average reader. But for me, A was wrong because the conclusion was slightly too strong in saying that "it can never be accurate."

Ok, this one was a little too easy.

Remember, it says AUTO Mechanics. Then, in the next sentence, it just says most mechanics. Those mechanics can be referring to diesel mechanics, industrial mechanics, nautical mechanics, etc. Therefore, it cannot be a foregone conclusion that most auto mechanics understand electrical circuits. That's how I got this.

To simplify it, I also just counted how many times, the passage used the term "most", lol.

Don't even ask me how I got this right

I answered C because I thought it was just from a passage where the columnist could be trying to explain, just not in this specific paragraph, but that the implication is he would. My bad.

5/5 LET'S GOOOOO!!!! 🍾

Necessary assumptions was challenging, so it's nice to see that it was just one particular unit I was struggling with, and that I was capable of doing this. A nice little confidence booster.

Finally! I got one!

Why are all of these level 5????

I almost got this wrong. It seemed so easy, I thought they were throwing me a curve ball. I almost wrote C. Glad I went with my gut.

Aww man! I was on a role. I got cocky about getting the last question right! I guess this is karma.

Damn! I am on fire! I don't know what it is, but I have been getting the last few questions in this unit right!

@HealthLaw@28 Thank you. It is a criminally underrated film!

@LSATDemon From my own reasoning, I would say that it's because while some authors are okay with their works being shared publicly without a copyright or financial reward, we aren't speaking about them. We are specifically talking about the authors who do expect a financial reward, since that was the original purpose of copyrighting (at least according to the passage). So, if the author is dead, but the published work is still copyrighted, the author obviously isn't getting financial compensation, but maybe something like their estate or their children is getting compensated financially.

Hope this helps.

Not to sound smug, but how was this a 4-star question? I thought this one was super easy.

I had C initially, but I figured, if he was an actor, why would he NOT have a copy of the play????

This was such an obvious answer, but I selected C because I thought I was being thrown a curveball. Smh.

5/5, but they were all ranked 1-2 stars.

I got a bit cocky here

Is there a way I can redo this? I didn't realize this was a five question drill, so I only answered the first one (which I got right!).

It reminds me of Akeelah and the Bee. Her spelling coach, Dr. Larrabee showed her long advanced words, and taught her to analyze each part of the word. For example, "Soliterraneous" when split up uses the words "sol" meaning sun, and "terrain" meaning of the earth.

He asked Akeelah, "What are big words made up of?" She answered "Little words!" and he said "Right!"

That is the approach I take with long passages.

I originally wrote C, but then I saw that it said "OUR" national economists. So I wrote E, because I thought it was implied that resources should be included because they are valuable.