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Huge Drop in ScoreI have been trending well in testing. However, I recently scored a 166 on a practice lsat and followed it up with a 151 on my next practice. Has anyb…
... feeling if you got all of those points not because of your increased skill or ... eliminate A but then I saw it uses 'most'/'only if' in a way ... was on this passage, and B is the trap answer choice ... -
Shift in LR questions PT 65 and above?I just hit PT 65 and 66 and something definitely feels different with LR. Different enough that I have seen a few point dip in my score. The ques…
... C) We know nothing about great painting or ... then we know that something that doesn't imitate nature is not ... of course, we can choose B because...
B ... of it almost like a MSS question (or even a ... /> My apologies if this explanation insults ... -
Supplemental Reading for Science PassagesCan anyone recommend any sources I can read to help increase my comprehension for science RC passages? I see people recommend Scientific American,…
... back issues of Scientific American through academic databases, or if you don ... hypothesis, results, discussions, etc. If, from a couple of those abstracts, you're ... to expand on this?" -- then I'd say they're ... brilliant warm up for not only RC science passages, ... -
Do "Parallel" credited responses not consider "some," "many," "most," et cetera?I've been missing many "Parallel" (both flaw and not) because of, say, a credited response containing "most" while the passage does not. Am I to gene…
... can equal most, but not necessarily. The important thing ... the flaw is a correlation-causation fallacy (or false cause, ... not affect the fallacy. If it were invalidly integrated into the pattern of ... reasoning (i.e. A most B most C, ergo A most C), then ... -
Scholarships and number of schools applied toDoes anyone think it hurts your chances of scholarship if you only apply to one school? my question is basically: Does having multiple applications a…
... . It was hard to tell if a) you had already gotten into ... for scholarship purposes, b) you were on the waitlist, or c) asked them ... my last statement. First of all, even if you have deposited to ... like he does on TLS. If not, then you might try to go ... -
PT18.S2.Q23 - teachers are effective only whenhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-18-section-2-question-23/ I'm having trouble translating the "not until" statement. Until is "negate suffici…
... X, then there is no Y: /x--->/y, or the contrapositive: y ... , because the "not until" is creating a necessary condition out of x, which ... contrapositive.
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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…
... "international law" is not effective law.
... with police (or if NO police, then no effective enforcement ... />
Elimination: (A) negated is “ Some people ... out of the argument’s scope. (B) has ... logic. (C) law of individual society is out of scope. ... -
Difference between SC and NCNow, as I've been going through the exercises, I am able to identify the necessary condition and the sufficient condition for the work the majority o…
Chronological as in time-based. Or another way to think about ... another thing or causes another thing to happen. So "if I drop ... are any number of examples like this that are not really concerned ... time. Rather, we mean: if we know A, then we know B as well. -
Lizards/SnakesSooooo, I just did Pt 27 S2 G2 which is the lizards and snakes game. That was challenging as hell. Did you guys struggle with this game as well? Also…
... the beginning of the game, and you can eliminate B because you ... other females or males and that gets rid of A, so C is all ... , and 5 so A should jump out of you and then move on ... if you're not there yet, or if you ever get there. It's not a ... -
Does "A causes B" equal to A -->B?Hi, guys, I am confused with the relationship between "causation" and conditional logic. Could anyone give me some help? According to the lessons, it…
... . If it's something like A caused B in one instance, then A would not necessarily ... use a swiggly line if I'm writing things out as a means of ... causation. No strict, conditional logic or contrapositives needed. I found your ... -
PT64.S1.Q22 - microbiologist: because heavy metalshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-64-section-1-question-22/ The following is my reasoning for why the answer to PT64S1Q22 is D, and is not B. …
... of Ra, C, and (C --> Rh) does not mean there is a causation from C ... C --> Ra) (C causes Ra) or some contrapositive to that effect (~Ra --> ~C) or ... a correlation. B indicates a correlation, not a cause, so B doesn ... of the assumptions you make. Even if ..… -
PT35.S4.Q21 - all social systems are based uponhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-35-section-4-question-21/ Between a/c B and C. Firstly I have issues with how the Conclusion is about labor…
If (B) says No type of technology will fail to ... undermine the values in a social system, then ... .
AC-C says: If values stay the same (are not undermined) -- & ... roles. This is just the contrapositive of the last sentence. This ... -
PT35.S4.Q21 - all social systems are based uponhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-35-section-4-question-21/ Between a/c B and C. Firstly I have issues with how the Conclusion is about labor…
... you're getting tripped up a little on the double negative ... go to school" or "no child does not go to school." Now ... , if you were negating B, then the negation of B would be "some technologies do not ... -
PT58.S1.Q25 - if a wig has any handmadeI have a question on negation. On prep test 58 section 1 question 25. the line Handmade foundations are never found on wigs that do not use human h…
... So, if a wig does not use human hair, then it does not have a handmade ... gt;/HF
Or, it's contrapositive:
HF--& ... to look at these kinds of sentences intuitively rather than ... something we do not know from a close read of the initial ... -
PT46.S3.Q24 - editorialist: despite the importancehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-46-section-3-question-24/ This sufficient assumption question really has me thrown. I've read the Manhattan…
... things. If a conditional relationship, say A-->B, is false, then it ... contrapositive:
CP: If something exists, then that thing would not disappear because of a ... /> B: mistaken beliefs? that adds a new variable. eliminate
C: practical ... -
Pt 67 section 2 problem 11Why is the answer e?? I thought the best was a. I don't understand why sulfur 33 is rarely found. I thought what they had found were HIGHER THAN NORM…
... of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere 2.9 billion years ago, then not ... chemical reaction UV
If more than a trace of oxygen --> ~chemical ... stimulus.
B) Restates premise 1
C) Feels like the ... about what happens before or after 2.9 billion ... -
how do we get in touch with J.Y. by emailI emailed him a couple times at studentservices@7sage.com. He never answers.
... a good eraser too. Or, buy multiple copies of the ... If cost is no object, then go ahead and purchase ALL of ... />
Things you do NOT need:
I ... because they do not exist in book form ... NOT have that kind of money to spend.
I'm a ... -
48.1.24 Journalist: Although a recent pollCan someone break this one down? I don't see how B is incorrect, and I don't see how E is correct. Isn't one of the flaws in the argument a past to…
... it by either joining it or donating it, that therefore ... only have 26 percent of support. If you keep the two ... supporting the education party, then the total percentage meets the ... (B), the argument of the journalist does not support the idea that a smaller ... -
Oct 2015 game 3Without going into detail, whats the consensus on game 3? Difficult? Easy? Or just time sink? Lots of people on the TLS forums giving conflicting …
... then utter chaos.
This advice is not specific ... bundle with a B before C rule that I wrote as C --- B and ... stupid that would be if that were true and ... just a little deer in the headlights to split or not rather ... got at least half of them. -
PT. 30 S2 Q05My initial answer choice was the correct answer (B). But I ended up going with A because the language seemed too extreme. Should we expect/allow the …
... as an example or illustration of the stimulus. So, if it is the ... supported by the stimulus, then it can be a winning answer. But ... worded answer here, compared to B. A says that children are MOST ... an example. This is simply not supported because the parent tried ... -
PT23.S2.Q14 - kim: in northern europe during the 18th centuryhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-23-section-2-question-14/ Correct me if I am wrong in my explanation. *The kind of question this is:*…
... it would require a level of self-awareness of one's ... number of relatives that are still living? Or maybe ... if people were not aware/had no information about their life expectancy, then ... the explanation is unlikely, and B describes a scenario ... -
Conditional Answer Choices for STRENGTHEN/WEAKENHi thanks in advance if anyone can help. How should I deal with conditional answer choices in strengthen and weaken questions. Does it matter if the …
... Sufficient Assumption questions or necessary with Must ... of times a journal is cited is not a useful way of ... s flaw. (B)average length of journal article also ... argument’s flaw. (C) the genral public access ... If that statement is true, then the number of citations ... -
Please help understand tricky question!If anyone has Practice exam 1 and can help me with a question that I am having trouble grasping I would greatly appreciate it. Its from Section 4 num…
... /> D is correct because of the contrapositive. No laws -> No ... 't know contrapositive, the relationship is that a->b and not b-> not a are ... " on the LSAT means 1 or more. "Many" could mean ... can say that if there is a theft that is a crime, there ... -
56.2.14 Psychologist: We asked 100I really didn’t like any of the answer choices, so I pretty much guessed on this one. These psychologists surveyed 100 entrepreneurs and 100 busin…
... correct question? (E) is not the answer; it is ( ... />
This is one of those questions where the LSAT ... business, which would then make (D) useless; or, maybe the English ... A), (B), (C), (E) are terrible answer choices.
Sorry, if this does not ... -
Logical Reasoning Breaking 20QHelp!! Can't do more than 16 LR Q with 80% accuracy. Tips?? I want to touch 20
... 2, 3, or even 4 times. If I get to ... here.
Then I approach the answer choices ... blah blah blah
b) bushes like nice dirt< ... simply because a bush may not be a tree. If nothing else works ... choices and, mostly importantly of all, ensure that you ... -
Question for Full Time Workers Also StudyingHey there fellow busy people. I have read a lot of articles talk about how people balance the two things but most focus on finding/making time. I …
... (b) do work out, (c) do get rest, and (d) if there's not ... just drill blocks of 5 questions in 7, then 6, then 5 min ... the time. Then, I would drill timing in blocks of two passages ... (or even take a whole section or two). Having uninterrupted blocks of time is a ... -
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--…
... B SOME Not C, which gets you A--->(B Some Not C). So if there is an A, then ... Cs. My question is whether or not this is the most effective ... contrapositive might be easier to see. (No Bs are Not Cs)--->Not A ... -
PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a word always involvesHi, I've looked at lot of explanations (I have starter so I don't have access to 7Sage explanation) and I'm still not able to understand this one. I…
... , let’s take the contrapositive of that: (UW and / ... not know the dictionary definitions of some of the words they utter. (B ... we’ve been given. (C) Okay. Now, we have ... then negate the sufficient condition of the first sentence of the stimulus (If understanding a ... -
prep test 30 section 2 question 22Can someone explain to me why the answer isn't A
... of the number of sections. If a section forms every 3 years, then ... strong for a necessary assumption.
Answer B: Who ... C: This weakens the argument, which is not what we want from a ... when food was scarce or not scarce? Negating this answer ... -
PT60.S1.Q3 - sulfur dioxide in atmosphereI translated the following into lawgic: ES and SPIL --> OS SPIL---> OS/e /E and SPIL Therefore, ES--> OS I don't understand why in the video…
... substance of the argument remains: If regulations followed, then decrease. We have a Not decrease ... order to correctly run the contrapositive of the conditional, which allows us ... conclusion stated in answer choice B.
Hope this helps ...
