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No contrapositive for some.When some equals 100%, why wouldn't the counter positive be valid?
... contrapositive and negation. @nicole.hopkins is talking about contrapositive and @"Jordan McMahon" is talking about negation. Contrapositive ... is saying the same relationship in a different way and negation ... is no contrapositive for " ... -
PT68.S3.Q16 - political scientist: people become unenthusiastichttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-68-section-3-question-16/ So I was not sure about the term switching..."the most important problems" in the…
Wait, I thought negation and contrapositive do not mean the same ... ?
I thought contrapositive involves conditional statement and negation is just...negating something ... a bit why it's contrapositive and negation? Thanks! -
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... You’re equating a contrapositive with negation. They’re not the ... To make a contrapositive, negate both conditions and reverse them. ( ... lesson/deny-the-relationship/ and http://7sage.com/lesson ... stimulus this is impossible and therefore the original statement ... -
Must be trueI need help o Must be true questions. I have noo idea where to begin
... = 100% (everything).
Negation: Not all (0 - 99%). Example ... in Canada likes hockey." Negation: "Not everyone in Canada ... case, "Some").
Negation: Not many. Example: "Many ... split. For the contrapositive, AND becomes OR and OR becomes AND.
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PT1.S4.Q21 - a society in which there are many crimesI am Completely stumped on this question. I am not sure if I am correctly negating the statement nor understanding the some relationship here Stim…
... . A negation as we know it or a contrapositive in LSAT ... crimes. /L -> /C; contrapositive C -> L which translated ... be true according to the contrapositive and that the word some is ... gt; many L; incorrect; The contrapositive from the stimulus states that ... -
Some contrapositiveI know there are no contrapositive for some, and that contrapositive is just another way of stating the statement, so must be equivalent to the origi…
... contrapositives. A contrapositive involves both a negation and a flip. ... You've flipped the two variables, but no negation ... same thing. But a contrapositive's definition is not ... ." A contrapositive needs to have both a flip and negation. -
Necessary Assumption Questions Help!Hi everyone! I have a question regarding necessary assumption questions. I am trying to get a better understanding of NA questions, since this is the…
... This also explains why the negation technique is logically sound. By ... answer, we trigger the contrapositive and must negate the sufficient.
and impenetrable? If so, this ... may be true and would be consistent with and sufficient for ... -
Question About Sufficient AssumptionWhen you see a conditional statement in either the stimulus or the answer choice, do you always translate to the contrapositive to check if it matche…
... you always translate to the contrapositive to check if it ... almost never translate to the contrapositive, and that may be why I ... HAVE to translate to the contrapositive because that's how ... translated to the contrapositive to fill the gap, and the translation ... -
What is your favorite P.O.E./answering strategy for LR? Let's get a taxonomy going!Goal: To further refine my process of elimination (P.O.E.) and answering skills for LR by building a crowd-sourced taxonomy of techniques. How you…
... must", "likely", etc.), and conjunctive ("and")/disjunctive ("or") words in ... the remaining answer choices and select the right ... - (3) Beware the contrapositive and DeMorgan's Law (i.e ... must", "likely", etc.), and conjunctive ("and")/disjunctive ("or") words in ... -
Request - Converse/inverse drillsHi, Does anyone have any study tips for understanding converse/inverse statements that appear on LR questions to trick the test taker? For exa…
... the converse/inverse from the contrapositive, and because of the time constraint ... -
October LSAT, 176 PTJust want to hop on here and discuss some methods to get me to a 176 PT. You've got to have a concrete approach to the questions. Here's how I br…
... i.e. it triggers a contrapositive and a not both rule, or ... Not blindly jumping into answers and trying to sense the "pressure ... get these harder questions right and right fast.
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PT28.S1.Q10 - it is a principle of economicshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-28-section-1-question-10/ I don't understand how this is not A?
... CCBS. Alternatively, by the contrapositive we could prove that there ... fact being economic growth, and because this is the sufficient ... Therefore, eliminate A, B, C, and E.
... we can prove through the contrapositive, and it checks out:
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PT57.S3.Q12 - editorial: to qualify as an effective lawhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-57-section-3-question-12/ I got confused by A because if you negate it, the argument falls apart. If you neg…
... the necessary or its negation as sufficient. Remember we ... premise to the conclusion and negation of "international police force ... a command" = "effective law" and "mechanism to compel obedience" = " ... justified because the scope and meaning are quite different. ... -
PT62 S4 Q18 If there are sentient beings...OKAY WHAT IS THIS QUESTION????? I've looked it up on Manhattan's forum, cause they have most of the questions already written out, but I STILL don't …
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ANALYSIS: The contrapositive (remember DeMorgan’s Law) ...
Taking the contrapositive and applying DeMorgan’s Law makes ... CC + AD -->AS. And the contrapositive (/CC + /AS→/AD), ... fills the gap and more.
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Embedded conditional translationI was wondering how you would translate an embedded conditional if the conditional in the necessary condition is negated. For example, A--->[Not (B--…
... some /C
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Restrictive variables in in-out gamesI’m looking at PT 70’s game 2 right now and I’m trying to understand the intuition behind question 12. “Which one of the following is a pair of emplo…
... when you triggered the necessary/contrapositive. And thanks for giving another question ... -
Any tips and tricks for PSA qs?I dont have any specific analysis as to what my confusion with PSAs are. I dont really have a trend of getting a lot of them wrong but I think I coul…
... too much time on and it's because as ... less confident. But drilling and BR helps build that process ... in the question stem and that always throws me ... start it as the contrapositive and it's just extra ... treating PSA as principle question and see if that helps. ... -
Logic NotationIs there a logic notation primer video in the syllabus? I am trying to touch up on specific aspects of the LR section but cannot understand what the …
... : Discusses universal quantifiers and negation
2) Validity and Must Be True Questions ... gave above)
3) Some and Most Relationships: Discusses more of ... -
PT9-S2-Q13- Criticism that the pressI am having an incredibly hard time trying to digram the logic. I diagramed the third sentence as follows: /Profit Making ----> subsidy suppor…
... (subsidized ------/honest journalism), and 2) giving way to ... /profit making ----- subsidized AND link up the previous ... is subsidized ----- outside control, and we cannot conclude /subsidized ------- ... so this is just the contrapositive and is a MBT. (E ... -
A->BWhen I see **A->B** structure in the stimulus, The right answers should be 1) **A->B** 2) /B->/A (contrapositive) The wrong answers should…
... statement is only it's contrapositive and nothing else.
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Getting either/or from LG and two options from LR confusedIf an individual only has two choices available, for example green and purple, that could be diagrammed as /G—-> P but is that the same as the “eithe…
... inside, so we take contrapositive and get:
contrapositive,
~INT → ~COMM
Combining P1, P2, and ... /> ——————————————
[CON] SB and ~INT → ~DET
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(D) **~COMM and ~SSP** → ~DET
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Are these lawgic translations correct?#1 A cannot B without C. Translation: AB --> C /C --> /AB #2 A without B cannot C. Translation: /AB --> /C C --> AB I'm curiou…
... headache trying to obtain the contrapositive and "take up brain space" (I ... -
PT84.S4.Q22 & Q23 (G4) - Two types of bondsCan someone explain to me why Answer choice A is the correct answer for PT 84 Game 4 Question 22 and Answer choice C is the correct answer for PT 84 …
... We know that H and L cannot offer the same ... because remember that H and L cannot offer the ... So we have A and D, and if R only offers ... the contrapositive of rule 3 (H5--> L10---> R10) and ... can take the contrapositive and see that G, L, AND R wouldn' ... -
In/Out Game with Multiple Necessary Conditions on Tail of Chain<p>Consider this chain:</p> <p>A —> B—> /C or /D</p> <p>I understand Demorgan's Law Regarding Contrapositives. But how do we work with the 'possibl…
... take both C and D to trigger the contrapositive, and when you have ... want to split on B and be done with it:
and create the D/C floater ... is out, A is out and C and D float freely.
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Is that a valid argument form?Finding a claim to be false on the grounds that it would if true have consequences that are false. If not, then why?
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Is that a valid argument form?Finding a claim to be false on the grounds that it would if true have consequences that are false. If not, then why?
... /> > This is a simple contrapositive and indeed a valid argument form ... slightly different to the standard contrapositive. I'd map it like ... -
Is that a valid argument form?Finding a claim to be false on the grounds that it would if true have consequences that are false. If not, then why?
... ; > This is a simple contrapositive and indeed a valid argument form ... slightly different to the standard contrapositive. I'd map it like ... is still just the standard contrapositive. Claim is made with attached ... -
Mistake by LSAC? Pizzerias LR Sufficient Assumption Question.Explanation (2 mins): https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-40-section-1-question-21/ Question 21 on PrepTest 40 Section 1: Pizzerias are the …
... br /> Great diagnosis by Kevin and great discussion thread. I have ... record the names, addresses, and menu selections of their ... routinely records names, addresses and menu selections. So putting ... tendency to ignore the contrapositive and brush over the fact ... -
Conditions - Am I Understanding This?-so if you fail a sufficient condition, the rule "goes away" ? -but if you satisfy a necessary condition, the rule also "goes away" ? -you would no…
... lead to you taking the contrapositive and negating the sufficient (which has ... , which has already happened, and failing the sufficient, as mentioned ... second guessed myself a bunch and felt flustered. Once you ... ll start to feel natural and you'll save a ... -
Conditions - Am I Understanding This?-so if you fail a sufficient condition, the rule "goes away" ? -but if you satisfy a necessary condition, the rule also "goes away" ? -you would no…
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Yes, that does help and I'm grateful for your ... lead to you taking the contrapositive and negating the sufficient (which ... sufficient is failed, is the contrapositive true? or is it ... , which has already happened, and failing the sufficient, as mentioned ...
