Weakening Q AC characteristics

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  tjphilbrick Alum Member

  January 2017 174 karma

  Yes, that is possible, and the one that weakens it to the greater degree would be correct since they always ask for the AC that "most weakens" the argument. Also keep an eye out for AC's that weaken a part of the argument that isn't central to the reasoning. For instance, an AC could weaken a part of the argument that is totally irrelevant to the reasoning structure and therefore isn't even applicable.
• slee146 Member

  January 2017 42 karma

  Thank you!!
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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  February 2017 27899 karma

  I don't recall ever having seen a Weaken question with two answer choices that weaken. For every Weaken question I've come across, there has been one AC that weakens and four that do not weaken in the slightest. And if you need additional assumptions to make one work, then that probably should disqualify it. Just make sure you're not dismissing a common sense implication of the AC by mistaking it for an inappropriate assumption. Sometimes it can feel like a difficult distinction!
• slee146 Member

  February 2017 42 karma

  YES!! That really is a tough distinction. Ever since I started studying, I did not feel so comfortable distinguishing what is a reasonable common sense assumption vs. unsupported stretch.
  More problems I see, I think I am getting vague sense of how to tell but it still gets me not only in LR but in RC as well especially inference or what author most likely to agree with type of Qs..
  Adjusting level of suspicion is not so natural for me at least.

  Thanks for the advice!
• JustDoIt Alum Member ⭐

  February 2017 3112 karma

  Hi!

  I think what really helped me was going back over the Causation Hypothesis lessons. It really did show that answer choices are wildly irrelevant and like @"Cant Get Right" said, there is always only right answer choice.

  I think the reason that they say "most weakens" is a CYA move just in case someone complains and says another answer choice weakens too. LSAC can then come back and grant that true but still ultimately conclude that the right answer weakens "more."
• Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  February 2017 27899 karma

  @JustDoIt said:
  I think the reason that they say "most weakens" is a CYA move just in case someone complains and says another answer choice weakens too. LSAC can then come back and grant that true but still ultimately conclude that the right answer weakens "more."

  Yes. That's exactly why they include the "most."