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ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Oct 09 2024
Using numbers, say 100 plants. The "vast majority" minimum allotted to "commercial buyers" can be 67, which means the remaining 33 goes to "others"(you can even assume all the 33 "others" are "home gardeners"). Then, the minimum "most" of 67 is 34, which goes to "landscape contractors". So, using only the minimum amounts for "vast majority" and "most," even holding that all the "others" are "home gardeners," it comes to 34 "landscape contractors" and 33 "home gardeners," making it more likely that a landscape contractor made the purchase; and increasing in likeliness if you use more than the minimum amounts, which can be argued to be more reasonable.
ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Oct 09 2024
There is a lesson on the vast majority that says anywhere from 80 to 95 percent is a reasonable assumption about the percentage implied by the vast majority. I calculated it on this question, and you can go as low as 67% for it to still hold for answer choice E.
ethanschaefer14854
Thursday, Sep 19 2024
You can't get the contrapositive of a most statement. The statement reads WD m--> FA. That's how it has to be read. /WD draws no conclusions anyway, it's the sufficient.
ethanschaefer14854
Thursday, Aug 08 2024
there were likely other ways to see a reflection, water for example
ethanschaefer14854
Thursday, Aug 01 2024
I'm glad they did, I'm sure it's an improved version; we will be better for it in the long run. I just had to laugh because I was excited to get to the end today and into some PTs.
ethanschaefer14854
Sunday, Jul 21 2024
This is a gorgeous answer
ethanschaefer14854
Sunday, Jul 14 2024
"many" threw me off E because of the some before some flaw. I reasoned that some at one company shouldn't support some at another.
ethanschaefer14854
Monday, Jul 08 2024
Why on this did we accept the statements that negated the premises as weakeners? So we can weaken arguments by directly calling out premises for being false? I thought that was something to be avoided since contradicting the premise is a trap answer. Rather, we take the stimulus as true and break the connection between the "true" premises and the conclusion.
ethanschaefer14854
Monday, Jul 01 2024
Yes, you have confused sufficiency for necessity.
Increased habitat space is not sufficient to increase the numbers beyond 250, meaning there is no guarantee that their numbers will increase if their habitat is increased, but if (sufficient) their numbers are to increase beyond 250, it is necessary that the habitat be increased (necessary). Just as if the numbers increase beyond 250, they will not automatically become self-sustaining, but if (sufficient) they are to have a chance at becoming self-sustaining, their numbers must (necessary) increase beyond 250.
That reads SS → 205+ → increased habitat
The contrapositive would read /increased habitat→ /205+ → /SS
ethanschaefer14854
Sunday, Jun 30 2024
This is similar to my reasoning. Chin's comment about the skeptics being necessary for public opinion is his premise, and Waller's argument doesn't consider that premise because his argument comes first. Plus, waller doesn't even mention skeptics, which only Chin brings into the argument.
ethanschaefer14854
Thursday, Jun 27 2024
Mine is doing the same thing, I can't join live classes either
ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Jun 26 2024
A cruise ship from Turks and Caicos, being driven by a crew made up of dolphins, was taken over by pirates. All of the dolphin crew was executed and when the pirates got to Hawaii, their dream vacation destination, they dumped the dolphins overboard. The dolphins were swept away in a current that brought their bodies to that specific beach.
ethanschaefer14854
Thursday, Jun 20 2024
Yes, very incorrect, you are confusing the sufficient (on the left side) with the necessary (on the right side)
The lesson on how sufficient and necessary differ similar to subset and superset may be helpful
ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Jun 19 2024
This is the most brilliant way it's ever been explained to me. "Unless" has never been easier.
ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Jun 19 2024
6.2
confused → /aware
aware → /confused
6.5
puzzled → unfamiliar
/unfamiliar → /puzzled
he kept the un- in one and dropped it in the other, why is that?
ethanschaefer14854
Saturday, Jun 15 2024
Yes well said, thank you
ethanschaefer14854
Wednesday, Jun 12 2024
Can anyone further explain the difference between these two uses of "amount(s)", and how to identify this discrepancy next time?
The process of manufacturing concrete produces large amounts of carbon dioxide that can escape into the atmosphere.
Subject: carbon
The amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere is proportional to atmospheric pressure.
Subject: the amount
ethanschaefer14854
Sunday, Jun 09 2024
Well said. This part of the curriculum is one of the main reasons I chose this course.
I am in the same boat. But it isn't about the result, it's about the process. Your mind is growing sharper. The one thing I have changed is that I now have broadened the path toward my goal. Instead of one school being essential to reaching it, I now have several that would be equally acceptable. Good luck, keep grinding.