@whelp I looked at this answer slightly differently I think. In following your negation, I thought even if "most were able to avoid being tagged," the researcher is still only talking about the ones she did tag. So even if most from last spring weren't tagged, of the ones she did tag they were still found within a few hundred yards. Then I'm thinking who cares about the armadillos who weren't tagged, those aren't the ones the researcher is talking about right now. So at least in that regard it's not really as strong of an answer choice in comparison to E

@Arkavian I decided to rule out D as an answer because it didn't include how the author explicitly rejects the hypothesis of the researchers. I think if D has stated "A theory is criticized and new evidence in favor of a different theory is described..." I'd consider it more. But I interpreted the last paragraph as mainly functioning to refute the researchers, so I was automatically looking for an answer that at least in part stated how the author rejects a theory. If it doesn't state in someway how the author rejects an argument then I viewed it as not being as strong of an answer compared to A.

@Sofialloydstill I think of "presumably" as meaning something being very likely or probably true, but not an outright statement of truth. To me I read it as, the author is not 100% certain other systems exist, but it is highly likely they could exist (so maybe like 80/20 or 90/10). And at least in the realm of science/experimentation that 10 or 20 percent of hesitation is significant enough to mean that someone is still not fully convinced and they need more. Also, in the case of the passage, the author states in the last paragraph that if other similar systems were to be created then she would be convinced, but until then there is still that 10-20% possibility that there are not other systems. Which would then lead me to thinking the author was persuaded but not completely convinced.

I had one passage be from the lesson I had already done (about Korean Americans and their workers union) and one new passage (about Homer)

I also got the exact same passages and questions that showed up during an earlier part of the lesson (risk communication and sex discrimination)

@MINGAO I ruled out C becuase I thought the phrasing in the AC of "their own past mistakes" was too specific. I understood the passage as mainly referring to "damaging information" which could include a mistake but doesn't have too. I think the example I leaned on was being jealous about something, and that jealously leads you to start a fight. Sure the fight itself was a mistake, but the cause of it (being jealous) isn't necessarily a mistake, just a feeling someone had that led to negative consequences. I don't know if this is the right mindset to have, but it helped me when deciding between answer choices C and D.

for some reason I do better on necessary assumption question than sufficient assumption questions... I'm just so confused on why necessary assumption makes more sense to me than sufficient. I think I view them as the same? is there a specific difference between them that others have noticed?

I can see why E is the right answer, but I'm still confused on why B is incorrect. I'm struggling to understand the premises. Is there another kind of analogy of the premises in B or another method that helped others to rule it out as incorrect?

I was stuck between b and d for so long and at the last min switched my answer from b to d. I keep overthinking and not trusting my gut ugh

the prior lessons before this really tripped me up. I thought it was A but after reading through the SA lessons I doubted myself. I think the lessons could've been explained better