Got this one relatively quickly so I thought my thought process might help someone!

Argument: (In my own paraphrasing) Long term friendships are probably same age group because one is likely to feel comfortable approaching a stranger if the stranger is the same age, and most long term friendships start because someone felt comfortable approaching a stranger.

My first thought was well why couldn't long term friendships probably include people of different ages? The argument doesn't say anything about being uncomfortable approaching someone of a different age, just that one is comfortable approaching someone their age(not comparatively to any other age).

Not sure if this is the correct way of thinking but this made E jump out at me!

#feedback I like how the curriculum is kinda like building blocks on one another, but weirdly enough I find myself understanding older lessons better when I get farther and see their practical application in lessons that require more. For example, I initially struggled at finding the conclusion in those lessons, but now after getting all the way here I feel as though the conclusions jump out at me when that isn't the only thing I'm focusing on. Not sure why but just an observation I had.

Not sure this is going to be helpful in all of the strengthen questions as i'm just starting but for this one specifically I just thought "Which answer choice would discredit an alternative hypothesis" So for this one a very loose alternative hypothesis could be the government has no money to fund any type of project. Therefore, the corporate influence has no effect on that decision making. However if ONLY projects which received corporate influence aren't being funded well then that makes it a little more suspicious and makes the idea that it doesn't fund any projects less plausible (and slightly discredits it). Just my thought process and again not sure if it will work moving forward but it worked here!

you rock for this!!! Such an easy way to remember and catch a trap

I struggled with 6 because I thought the conclusion could be that {All libraries and bookstores are intellectual places} which would be supported by the idea the {Most well-stocked intellectual places showcase a wide range of books on various subjects} which libraries and bookstores do. I suppose this was wrong because it is speaking on a well stocked intellectual place vs. a not well stocked intellectual place? Or because it relies on outside knowledge (that bookstores and libraries showcase a wide range of books on various subjects? this was the only one that tripped me up...