My additional rationale for not choosing answer choice A:

the period during which the discrepancy is occurring is during the record breaking heat wave. Other significant drains on the electrical grid presumably happen regardless of whether there is a heat wave or not.

The stimulus is saying that during the record breaking heat wave, increase in AC usage is what caused the electrical grid to overload, causing blackouts to occur.

I think AC 'B' most accurately accounts for that discrepancy.

for Q#2 - using the principle that 'most implies some' can we also make the following inference?

supply ore running low

some gold mines that are running low on gold deposits supply ore to CR

#help what does a practical application of this rule look like?

Are there PT Q's I can use to practice embedded conditional logic? Or how is this topic likely to show up on the actual PTs?

thank you @.rowe!

Can 7sage work on a capability to have printable versions? I think having that option would be really helpful.

#feedback can we have some drills / practice sets that help us distinguish between conditional logic and causal logic?

3/5 on medium

4/5 on medium, woohoo :)

I got this wrong initially but found my way to the right answer in the blind review.

frick as I was going through the stimulus, I marked it as the sub-conclusion/ major premise. I didn't fully read D and eliminated it prematurely :(

nvm

we are so back baby!!

what

when you choose the AC that strengthened the argument too much....thats enough LSAT for the day

I got this question wrong the both times I attempted it.

The gap for me was realizing that in SA questions, you have to choose the AC that when slotted into the premises, guarantees that the conclusion(s) must be true.

For this question, the easiest way to do that is to say that Penn doesn't have an exemplary record.

The satisfaction of the other premises (saved a life+this year+exceeded expectations) strengthen the argument but do not guarantee that the conclusion must be true.

#help what other problems can I do that are similar in structure and reasoning to this one?

so correlation is a complex phenomena (aka stated by a set of premises), that a hypothesis (a causal explanation and perhaps the conclusion of the argument) tries to explain?

#feedback can we have more skill builders to practice these conditional indicators? I need more practice identifying and translating Group 3 and Group 4 indicators.

hi folks! here is the discord if anyone is interested in joining: https://discord.gg/zqW28pzS

thanks for the responses, guys. DM me so I can put together a group chat and we can coordinate timing.

its finally clicking for me!!

blind review ftw

#help are correct AC's for PSA questions more likely to be stated in conditional language?

dang, i forgot that this was an 'except' question when doing the problem!!