This is going to be so helpful, thank you guys so much!!!

Does anyone ever notice that at the very beginning of some videos, J.Y talks about the question type, and sometimes when he explains how to approach this question or says "we have to choose an answer", he always points or circles the right AC before getting into the stimulus? I can't stop noticing it now.

Not me eliminating all the answer choices except for A on BR, and ended up choosing C....

Finally being a crystal betch helped me out. The author forgot the rising sign.....

Hi!

During the BR, I eliminated D due to it saying "equaled the average", because it might as well just said "less than the average" or "more than the average". I started tearing the AC apart because it didn't HAVE to be true that it "equaled the average".

as the clock was ticking, I chose D because I was lost and had spent too much time already

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C is a valid argument because it doesn't confuse the sufficient with the necessary. The answer choice states "Fruit trees will not produce much fruit unless they are pruned properly." In logic, this can be shown as PMF → PP (Produce much fruit → Pruned properly), this is because of our group three rules. "That the fruit trees at the local orchard produce a large amount of fruit proves that they have been pruned properly." In this sentence, the proves is stating "that the fruit trees at the local orchard produce a large amount of fruit," is SUFFICIENT enough, or is evidence enough for the necessary to occur according to our "rule" or first sentence. Diagrammed it would look like this:

PMF → PP

PMF(local orchard produce)

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PP

i hoped this helped!

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Making a notation for myself. I chose A, even after the blind review. When talking about the survey, I noticed the "if" and the "only if"; however, it completely flew over my head when I looked at the conclusion. The reason for is that, I was so focused on the fact that the sample may be unrepresentative, that I didn't notice the contradiction even though I wrote it in logic and it was right in MY FACE. I did not notice the mistake until J.Y said that this was the oldest trick in the book and looked down at my paper. I wrote:

Survey: 50% IC → R

35% R → CC

Author's conclusion: More people believe IC → R than CC → R

IT WAS RIGHT THERE, smh

I do not understand how I can identify the flaw but not get the answer correct.

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I would like to join.

How many LSAT retakes is acceptable when applying to law school? Would a student ever be rejected for taking too many LSAT's?

At first, I didn't understand J.Y's reasoning for the argument, because I had interpreted it in a similar way but yet somehow differently.

I thought of this argument as in...

Pure free market economy (PFME) → maximum total utility (MTU)

but there are other types of ECONOMIES that may be able to achieve MTU.

Then the argument goes to say that a highly controlled economy, that is not trying to be PFME, cannot most likely achieve MTU. However, I felt like the flaw in the argument was the fact that a highly controlled economy could be one of those types of economies that can achieve MTU. I ruled out C, for the same reason as J.Y because the argument does not state that a PFME is the only thing sufficient enough for MTU. Although, I chose D because the argument did not provide evidence or reasoning that having a PFME is the "best course of action" or "the way most likely" to achieve MTU.

Is this way of thinking incorrect?

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When doing the timed section, I immediately eliminated B, however, when I did the BR, I realized that we could be making the assumption that "nonsmokers" are people who stopped smoking. Although, that could not be the case, "nonsmokers" could be people who have never smoked.

No, the bird noises were there. I actually found it very relaxing.