My theory for why B is right in #23: "Most commonly displayed" reactions refers to the two-thirds party that offered 40-50% as well as the 4/100 group that gave less than 20%. If this is the case, then of course this would mean we could use "most" commonly displayed, because you have 66% (the 2/3 group) in addition to the 4/100 people reacting against rational self-interest.

Why can we assume that the 40-50% group is part of the "most" group? The passage states that what a "fair offer" is is 50%, therefore that would mean that anything below this threshold is unfair, even if its a "bit" unfair aka 40-50% group. You can assume that offering unfair offers conflicts with rational self-interest because the third paragraph explains this, specifically about why proposers offer high-offers. According to this paragraph, offering unfair offers is against rational self-interest.

Let me know what you guys think.

Unfortunately, I think you are both mistaken. Read my explanation above for the reason why B is correct for 23, but youre making an assumption that the rational thing to do is for the giver to give only a little to the recipient. However, this is completely unsupported by the passage. We don't know what the rational thing to do is according to economics in regards to the giver; the passage only gives us information that the person responder rejecting an offer because its too little goes against rational self-interest according to economics. There is nowhere that says about what rational self interest is when it comes to the giver.

I was with you on E until I looked up the definition of appreciation. One of the sub-definitions means "a full understanding of," which would make sense if you took appreciation to mean that rather than enjoyment. Just another example of the LSAT using sub definitions to confuse us

D is wrong because it says the number of auditors per account has increased SLOWLY over the past 100 years. Ok, maybe back then there were 10 auditors, now there are 20. However the stimulus says there are enormous amounts of transactions NOWADAYS. So the number of auditors per transaction could and probably is much lower per transaction. For instance, 10 auditors for 10,000 100 years ago, and 20 auditors for 1,000,000 transactions now. In which case it would actually weaken our claim.

ya C is an answer that feeds into your bias, however it is not stated anywhere or even really alluded to in the passage, and the question specifically asks "according to the passage"

you answered your own question when you said "i know that it is not stated explicitly," because the question specifically asks "which one of the following is GIVEN by the passage," which C is

I dont get why C is wrong. If we negate it, that means that consumer demand for gasoline CAN increase without causing prices for gas to increase, and this would wreck our argument because it would open up room for an alternative reason for why the gas prices increased, thus the government may not be responsible

exact same issue here haha

this is exactly what i thought. why does it have to be exclusively scientific info? why not mostly scientific paired with a little quackery?

I can see what JY is talking about but i feel like hes missing a point about why answer choice D is wrong. D says sewage sludge that contains high concentrations of heavy metals. We were talking about sewage sludge that has these heavy metals in general, and D is only talking about a subset of them (the ones with high concentrations). Anyone else agree this is a big reason why its wrong?

so isnt there a prostitution paradox? you can ask for money, and you can hook up with who you want, but you cant do it for money. idk something to think of

ya i got it right too but i was hesitant because most could simply mean 51%. if 49% of the customers are libraries and the amount libraries pay for the mag has gone up, then clearly the publishers are clearly making much more money. this question is assuming the the word most mean almost all which is kinda bs because most simply means 1 more than half.

anyone else think "throw ragers" when JY said what can i do on a bought boat that i cant do on a rented boat

this should be a 6-star question

This question is 100% bullshit. I would have sent an angry letter to LSAT for this.

FIRST OFF. The correct answer is not "correct". When it says those with low incomes are more prone to buy older cars, you cant make the assumption that older cars means "old enough to come from the time when the de-icing agent used to corrode cars." We've seen these sort of (wrong) answer choices before. Older could mean a day, a week, a month or a year older, in which case just because its older doesnt mean that it isnt "new."

Second, B is correct in my opinion because road maintenance is a result of the policy change. JY says in the video that its not like there was no road maintenance before the policy change, and ya thats right. But it is a very reasonable assumption, even moreso than the "correct" answer choice, to say that if the policy change takes place and this new salt de-icing thing is implemented, that road maintenance costs will go up, hence affecting low income people.

If anyone has an explanation for any of this, please let me know

The principle is if the BURDEN of a proposed policy change affects low income people more than you shouldnt do it.

FUNDING is a burden of policy change. How are you even saying its not?

agree 100%. this question is bs

I eliminated A for a different reason than the one stated by JY. My reasoning was of the use of the word "any" behavior. What if a medical researcher is finding a cure for cancer that ends up in a lot of pain aka suffering first?

Is my reasoning correct to eliminate A?

got this wrong because of the last sentence. once you figure out its irrelevant, it is honestly the easiest problem. kinda bs imo to throw in uneccessary statements like that

can someone explain 16? Receptive is the last one I would have guessed. The author spends almost the entire passage stating how the pin factory model is completely different than the mainstream economic thought of the invisible hand, almost as if he is negative towards it. he literally says the invisible hand (current mainstream) is different. so i put answer B, uncertainty. how in any way does he seem receptive of the pin factory model into mainstream thought?

thanks guys

i have the same question