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JY suggests that sometimes we should cut a question out, keep it, and review it every so often.
So how do you do it? do you create a excel sheet for it or you create your problem set on 7 sage?
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meihueiho85
Tuesday, Feb 08 2022
I got this wrong for both the first and the BR. But after watching the explanation video, This is how I think about this question:
1. Translate:
H thinks that extroversion is not biological decided. (Conclusion) kids tend to be more sociable when adopted by extroverted. (Premise)
J thinks the conclusion does not supported by H's reasoning. J argues that some of these kids adopted by extroverted remain introverted.
2. Question: what did J misunderstand? why did J talk back like that?
[Personally, I think I could use the technique for RRE questions on this one]
(D) biological factors do not play any role in kid being extroverted
Because J may misunderstand what H means. extroversion is not biological decided =/= biological factors do not play any role in being extroverted.
That's why J wants to say that biological factors are still matter in being introverted/not being extroverted.
Put them together, then it makes sense to me now.
H thinks that extroversion is not biological decided because kids tend to be more sociable when adopted by extroverted.
[(Explanation) J thought H means that "forget about biological factors, actually environmental factors will decide whether kids being extroverted or not."]
That's why he says that some of these kids adopted by extroverted remain introverted to argue "biological factors still matter."
meihueiho85
Friday, Jan 07 2022
first, the question stem is more like a necessary assumption question rather than strengthen to me (I even thought it was most strongly supported at the first because I was too nervous about time), and then the last sentence of the argument made me so confused. under the timed stress I chose B. but now, the more I re-read it, the more I could understand why A is the correct answer choice.
question stem: the conclusion of the argument is most strongly supported if which one is added = make the conclusion better = strengthen
Physicists claim that their peer-review system can prevent fraud effectively. but biologists claimed the same thing 20 yrs ago and they were wrong. since then, biologists have improved their safeguards against fraud, thus preventing further major incidents. it would be conducive to progress in physics if physicists were to do the same thing.
a) major incidents of scientific fraud in a scientific discipline are deleterious to progress in that discipline.
aka: incidents of fraud are getting worse and worse
if add this to the argument => physics ppl claims that their peer review system is effective to prevent fraud. but biology claimed the same thing 20 yrs ago and turned out they were wrong. since then, biology ppl improved safeguards to prevent further major fraud. [insert here-- [because] major incidents of fraud are getting worse and worse]. if physics ppl were to do the same thing, it would be conducive to progress in physics.
hope this helps.
meihueiho85
Sunday, Nov 07 2021
in short, the last sentence could be:
"the resolution difference is not relevant to photography. because every modern lenses can project far more details than any film can afford."
and what correct answer choice B says could be rephrase: "when determining how detail an image could be, the resolution difference DO NOT make the weak film even worse."
meihueiho85
Sunday, Nov 07 2021
I picked A at the first, but I changed it during the BR because how A was worded and I was especially hesitated how to interpreted the "but." Yes, I thought the "but" appears in A means except when I first saw it.
Now I realized that I still could have got this correct. Here are some tips that may help to deal with grammar like this:
(1) like others mentioned below, I did recall that "but" could sometimes also means "and"
(2) if you negate A: the apples are thoroughly washed after harvest but before reaching the cafe. it will (still!) destroy the argument no matter what you interpret "but"
hope this explanation helps
meihueiho85
Wednesday, Mar 24 2021
I did exact the same thing!
After watching this video and reviewing the stimulus, I tried to convince myself that A is incorrect because ravages and cracked skin are not the same thing.
meihueiho85
Monday, Nov 30 2020
most* CA mails are delivered with 2 days, and the only exception is when these CA mails are damaged in transit.
CA mail + /damaged in transit -> within 2 days
*the only issue in this diagram is that it cannot show the portion among CA mails. so that's why I once had the similar question like yours
meihueiho85
Monday, Nov 30 2020
#help
I have the similar question and here is how I understand the stimulus (but I am not sure if I get it right):
stimulus: nearly all mails with correct address reach its destination within 2 days. mails with correct address take longer only when these mails are damaged in transit. however, most mails reach its destination 3 days or more.
diagram:
(1) CA mail -most-> within 2 days
(2) /2 days -> only when (CA mail) damaged in transit
(1)(2) sentences translation: most CA mails are delivered with 2 days, and the only exception is when these CA mails are damaged in transit.
(1)(2) diagram: CA mail + /damaged in transit -> within 2 days
[contrapositive: /within 2 days -> /CA or CA mail damaged in transit]
(3) mail -most-> /within 2 days
combine the diagram: mail -most-> /within 2 days -> /CA or CA mail damaged in transit
so... from the above understanding, if most mails are not delivered within 2 days means that: (1) either most mails are incorrectly addressed, or (2) most mails are correctly addressed but damaged in transit.
and like you said, most mails are correctly addressed but damaged in transit is wrong because we already know that nearly all correctly addressed mails arrive within 2 days
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