@ElliotGraber bc in the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph it says "various theoretical approaches have been developed..." (1st perspective) And later on it says "other scientists disagree..." (2nd perspective). Then it states, "a third group contends that..." (3rd perspective). So there are 3 different perspectives apart from the author's which is in the last paragraph.

@BrandonStout I mean many decades have past

I struggle with RC but I got this right...how is this possible.

I chose AC (A) but for a different reason. Before the passage states that the Kayapo use video technology, it states, "Primarily an oral society...". With this I told myself that they use video technology to create legal records bc they are primarily an oral society so it is easier for them to use video technology as an alternative.

First question I got right YAY

Lol I caught the "actual trials" trap in AC (A) so quick but did not choose C bc it did not include limitations... so I went with E :(

@tekken1225189 I hate this passage so much, it brought my confidence and PT score down!!! WTF :(

I read this question as undermines and treated it as a weakening question LOL :(((

I was sooo confused on why AC (E) was correct but then I think I got it. The author is treating the 26% and 16% as if 16% of the 26% are willing to donate money. Soooo, in total it is only 26% which is lower than 30%, which is why they conclude that the education party is NOT viable.

• However, (E) is saying nooooo, 26% and 16% are independent, there could be different people involved. There are ppl who will donate money and not be prepared to join. It could be that 26% + 16% comes out to 42%, etc., which is higher than 30% and the education party is viable!!

@sliao2489 same!!!!

@HeathHughes I got this question wrong and was also confused by this. I even had to look up the definitions and this is what I found:

Adaptation of an Oath= changes the presentation, language, or physical setting of the oath so a person can take it. However, it keeps the core promises completely the same.

Modification of an Oath= actually changes what you are promising to do. It removes or replaces core requirements or legal duties because of a person's deeply held beliefs.

I got this wrong but after reading the explanation I understand now. When there is “many” in a statement, for example, “many people walk their dogs”. It’s also possible that “many people DO NOT walk their dogs”. Many = some. 

• Like in the stimulus, “many mass extinctions have NOT been followed by major meteor impacts”. It can also be true that “many mass extinctions have BEEN followed by major meteor impacts”. 

• This is why AC (B) is wrong, which is what I initially picked.

• It can be right both ways with “some” statements. Therefore, it’s NOT required that many mass extinctions follow major meteor impacts, we need something more strong like ALL extinctions are followed. Like AC (A).

@jli276 the stimulus doesn't have any conditional statements, so having that in mind makes it easier for me to eliminate AC A.

@JessicaEverhart same LOL, i thought the same thing that the papers were being physically shared among the scientists

@PowerUp_Tutoring it was a level 2 when I did it, it probably went up

@AsadAwawdeh this is why I eliminated it too! I noticed that "bacteria are extremely diverse" is not a conditional statement

I did not know this was a NA question and I was treating it differently :(

on a timed section I got this AC right in 51 seconds bc I understood it fairly quickly....but yet on some level 1-2 questions I'm confused asf.

@blueground yeah I agree it's far from being a level 2 question, it's confusing

He explains the wrong ACs so fast in the explanation video. For someone who knows this stuff that's cool but for someone who is struggling, it's being taught too fast lol.

@DanielleK Remember, it's not a Must Be True question. It's not asking what has to be true but rather what would most likely be useful to know.

I wish the video showed the negation of each AC because that's how I try to solve NA questions :(

I thought the first sentence was the conclusion which threw me off. Once you know that isn't the conclusion it makes sense why the correct AC is right.

@ksh9665264 same I got all right except the main point question and I hate science passages lol

The reason why I got many questions wrong at first was bc I didn't catch the author's opinion. Once I understood it I went back to redo the questions and I got them right. The author's opinion is key!!!