Regardless of conditional logic stuff, B and D can be eliminated if we just look at the direction of the logic. Both B and D are saying maximizing profit must imply→ advertise to elder people.

However, to enable the conclusion of the stem, we need the logic the other way around. We need something to result in maximizing the profit. E is the only choice with the logic pointing to maximizing the profit.

lmao people chose E generally have a higher grade than those chose C

Nvm

Feel Q4 is inaccurate. Line 45 says "not all decisive changes in art are quickly followed by dramatic events outside of art."

AC B says "artistic innovations do not necessarily anticipate social or political upheavals."

The original passage says art are not necessarily quickly followed by changes, but the changes could eventually occur. Thus, artistic innovations may still anticipate social/political upheavals.

So it feels like AC B does not accurately capture the last paragraph and I prefer the factually accurate AC E.

Is anyone else having issue with Q25? I chose D because passage B clearly describe the griots as something like propaganda machine for the noble and "sway public opinion" (line 56). All these seem to be contradictory to the function of a library as known by an ordinary person, which should be something like serving all-round knowledge to the public.

Re AC C, however, although passage B says they are the lowest class, there's no mention if the griots "enjoy" their status or not.

not difficult, but during timed the ACs are so long and I was staring at them like for a few minutes and felt asleep.

I chose A but can see why it is wrong now.

A says adult can defend themselves against parasites, but we cannot conclude from this that the adult can help the nestlings defend as well.

Further, A does not explain why the greenery is needed at the beginning. If the adults can defend themselves, then why they incorporate the greenery at all?

About Q3, AC B - didnt the author at the end say the theory does not adequately address the problem? Feels more like the theory is controversial and the author is exploring the truth of it, as in AC E.

"Controversial," as defined by Cambridge dictionary, means "causing disagreement or discussion." Thus I think the fact that the author disagreeing with the theory makes the "controversial" applicable to the theory.

This is an interesting read for a non-philosophy major student like me. However, it feels the last two sentences of the passage are somewhat insufficient. I was expecting the author to expand more on how redistributionist is bad and so on.

As one of the other comment pointed out, E saying the region surrounding has higher accident rate is logically the same as saying it has an unchanged accident rate - this does not undermine the argument that waking up later could cause the accident rate to decrease.

It would be very much appreciated if the stem could indicate even slightly that the "thorough study of the flight reports" is less reliable than the "partial review of air traffic control tapes." To me, a test taker of no knowledge in the airport industry, it is almost impossible to see such alleged flaw.

Prob the most difficult first question I've seen so far lol

Q27 is ... idk it feels wrong. The passage only says at 350c the glass has some ability to flow at lines 40-44. Q27 C says its upper extreme is hence much greater than 350c. The question maker is apparently assuming that the temperature ceiling is somewhat proportional to the ability to flow. However, it is also possible that the ability to flow grows exponentially as temperature grows, and thus the upper extreme may not be much greater than 350c. So IMO AC C is flawed as well.

Q13, AC C says the real reasoning refers to the judge's "personal animus against a defendant" - are we just gonna assume it is against a defendant but not against a prosecutor? May be the prosecutor is a clown and the judge hates it.

Difficulty is realizing how C is related to the argument.

Once C clicked, it is fairly straightforward.

crossed out E as soon as I saw the "or" :(

I think E is wrong bc it does not mention the local media's position, which appears to be central aspect of this information.

here's an example of why B is true:

Say a country consists of X and Y places, in X there were only 2 people making $1, with an avg of $1, and in Y there were only 3 people making $90, $100, and $110, with an avg of $100.

say the guy making $90 in Y moved to X and now make $10. Now X has 3 people making $1, $1, and $10, with an avg of $4. Now Y has 2 people making $100 and $110, with an avg of $105.

Clearly both avg values went up for X and Y. How about national avg? Original national avg was (1+1+90+100+110)/5 = $60.4, whereas now avg is (1+1+10+100+110)/5 = $44.4

So this is an example of how the regional avg may increase but the overall avg decreases.

Uhh D requires the assumption that the avg. no. of fatalities in collisions between SUV and small vehicles are due to SUV but not small vehicles. Because if these fatalities are due to small vehicles then it would not be alarming for the increasing popularity of SUV.

Apparently C also requires the "more people in a SUV is more dangerous" sort of assumption, so I think C and D are both defected.

Chose A under timed, but in BR I can see it is clearly wrong. The stem mentions only ONE program, whereas A talks about TWO programs.

No matter which of the two conclusions is the MC, B would be the correct AC.

Well I think this question requires the knowledge that there are many many fragments in the chromosome that it is almost impossible for the virus to pass on precisely during the 25million years.

got the question wrong because missed the word "significantly" in the stim. twice. :(

I asked chatgpt: can you unknowingly reject something?

chatgpt:

No, rejection typically involves a conscious decision or a deliberate act of refusing or declining something. Unknowingly rejecting something would be a contradiction in terms, as rejection implies awareness and intent.

If you are not aware of something or do not have enough information about it, you might inadvertently miss an opportunity or fail to accept it, but it wouldn't be considered rejection in the conventional sense. Rejection implies an active decision or refusal based on knowledge or preferences.

Well said bot.

Honestly I do not think the alleged problem with "manufacture" is the reason B is wrong. If the gov is going to replace something then manufacture cost has to be part of the replace cost. The street signs are not manufacturing themselves, so someone has to pay for this. Thus, I believe B is equivalent as saying replacing them is expensive.

The problem with B IMO is the use of term "expensive." Saying something is expensive is completely different from saying it is a waste to buy the something. e.g. A Porche is expensive but it is not necessarily a waste to buy one.

Therefore, the fact that manufacturing the signs cost a lot of money does not make installing them a waste. Thus B is incorrect.