@Isabella P I think this is mostly correct. assumptions are implicit. However, I could see the lsat referring to another person's point in an argument as an assumption about that argument. rule of thumb is to never use absolutes when it comes to the lsat b/c the more difficult questions prey on the subtle tricks test takers use to solve the Qs

@Jpoublanc I thought it was just me. Granted the SA questions I'm getting wrong in these drills are the lvl 4/5 questions but I'm having trouble grasping the skills to identify the correct answer choices on those questions even when I write down my answer choice analysis during blind review (which hasn't occurred up to this point). I have a copy of the loophole book sitting right next to me. Please let me know if you have any other recommendations for tackling loophole - and the remainder of the 7 sage curriculum!

I think by "this is a really tough question" you meant impossible. Just when I though I was starting to understand SA questions, this question humbled m

These SA questions are kicking my butt, but I'm going to figure them out!

@clickbaitcowboy that's exactly what I was thinking when answering this question lol

@AlexandraBakjain This is what I was thinking. It feels like we're supposed to search for the correct ac using the same tactics that we did for causal. the only difference is that the stimulus are organized differently.

I feel like 7 sage has a tendency to overcomplicate things!

I understand the explanation for B. However, I don't believe it is fully supported by the passage. Isn't it true, that B could be true/could be false? B also includes the scenario where less coal is mined in 1991 than in 1990. If less coal is mined in 1991, than less coal could have been consumed in 1991 than 1990 making B incorrect. The passage doesn't say that total available coal supplies equals mined throughout the history of the country, it only said coal mined throughout the country.

How am I the reader supposed to know that the LSAT actually was implying total available to be the overall total, including reserves?

Or am I reading B wrong? Is this actually a MSS question and not a MBT?

@JRS Same. Was more confident on this question than any that I completed recently. Completely missed that Waller didn't mention skeptics at all and that I shouldn't equate public to skeptics

@Greyhound Nevermind! I was reading to much into it. After watching the video, it makes perfect sense. #Growth

@xavieraedanlargo You did a great job explaining this. Thanks!

/Feedback Q2 introduced a concept that had not previously been reviewed with the use of "OR"

I believe it would be more helpful to save drills for concepts that haven't been reviewed in lessons until after we have been introduced to it

To be a Jedi, one must be a Force user.

J->F

Becoming a Force user requires years of training,

F -> T

which further requires extraordinary discipline.

T -> ED

Therefore, one cannot become Jedi unless one possesses extraordinary discipline.

/ED -> /J J -> ED

C: J -> F -> T -> ED

/feedback For the Jedi argument, break down the lawgic sentence by sentence. Currently, it jumps right to the solution

@alyaelalaoui yes, extremely important. there are questions that rely on conditional logic and are time sucks and difficult to answer if you can't diagram

@irelandcrabtree Per my understanding, no. being a mammal is not sufficient enough to be a cat because you can be a mammal and be a dog. Being a mammal is necessary to be a cat

This was a helpful tip, because I often find myself rereading a sentence over and over when it's complex trying to understand what it's saying. going to practice visually thinking of the information in the sentence and drawing it out to help parse out the information

Q2 threw me for a loop because "the government is certain to respond," doesn't appear to be supported by anything. Following the indicator words, and sentence structure, that sentence appears to be the conclusion, but it premises are not connected in any way b/c it's so vague.

Maybe I was being too literal though, since the purpose of this exercise is mainly to identify.

@DeniseDenault Just once? I had 2 pints in one night this week *crying emoji face**