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How do you typically approach an LR question?I'm really curious to know some of y'all's process. Mike Kim talks about prioritizing the right information, not necessarily ALL of the information i…
... identify AC: Eliminate ACs and narrow down your choices ... and parallel flaw: I do steps 1-5 and ... identify pattern in my head (e.g. confused necessary for sufficient ... , part to whole flaw, causation/correlation flaw, etc ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Struggling with retaining what I've learned. Any suggestions?<strong> [I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!] </strong> My biggest ch…
... . For example, necessary assumption and sufficient assumption; weaken and strengthen; or point ... reading the stimulus carefully and attempting to recount the ... . When you read a flaw stimulus, you will ideally ... recognize a flaw BEFORE you get to ... -
Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Struggling with retaining what I've learned. Any suggestions?<strong> [I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!] </strong> My biggest ch…
... . For example, necessary assumption and sufficient assumption; weaken and strengthen; or point ... reading the stimulus carefully and attempting to recount the ... . When you read a flaw stimulus, you will ideally ... recognize a flaw BEFORE you get to ... -
Is every assumption the argument makes a NA?I think I reasoned my way though this as I wrote it out. Figured I’d post it in case anyone might be helped by it. Please point out any issues. I …
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> I think the confusing ... calling some assumption questions "Sufficient Assumption" and others "Necessary Assumption".
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Weakening questions on Newer LSATsThis might be common knowledge and I have certainly come across this in the core curriculum, but did not quite grasp what is meant. I am realizing th…
... centers around a proposal and insinuates that this must ... because we _can_ doesn't necessary mean we _must_. > ... is really good stuff and I only thought about this ... imperative (argument that ignores multiple sufficient conditions). I can't really ... -
Weakening questions on Newer LSATsThis might be common knowledge and I have certainly come across this in the core curriculum, but did not quite grasp what is meant. I am realizing th…
... 's more alternate explanations and I think those tend ... centers around a proposal and insinuates that this must ... because we _can_ doesn't necessary mean we _must_. > ... imperative (argument that ignores multiple sufficient conditions). I can't really ... -
PTA.S4.Q20 - all orchid species that are pollinatedI don't understand why the answer is D. I know why the answer is not A, B, C, or E. But D doesn't make sense to me. What is the exact characteristic …
... by insects.
Flaw: Mistaking necessary & sufficient conditions. Just because the specific ... feature of attracting insects is sufficient to be pollinated solely by ... in the necessary condition, you're always in the sufficient condition in ... -
Assumptions Are Not ClickingHi everyone! I need some advice/hacks on identifying necessary assumptions for weakening and strengthening questions. I have been stuck on these two …
... *not* required for the 3 sufficient conditions
3. Identify what ... the sufficient condition necessary (flipping the term we used for the sufficient conditions from ... world application. Try these and your own sufficient-necessary exercises! Once you force ... -
PTC.S2.Q14 - British Government and UFOs...Hi, does anyone know why the answer is B and not C?
... releasing info about UFOs, and that requests for information about ... .
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Both of these sufficient conditions are stated to be true ... make this assumption. Its necessary condition tells us that the ... -
Conditional Logic: If vs. If and Only IfHi all, I'm struggling a little with understanding how some of the conditional indicators (if, when, etc.) imply the exclusion of other conditions…
... take the sufficient condition as the ONLY way a necessary condition can ... learning and still earn respect. WHY because there could be other sufficient conditions ... likely that a sufficient condition doesn't happen and that necessary condition still ... -
PT94.S4.Q26 - Can someone explain please?Don't understand the stimulus & why C is the right answer choice. Can someone explain please? **Admin Note: Edited title. For LR questions, please…
... up to their own ideals" and help come up with better ... wider acceptance of nuclear power and would thus **make it more ... we have all the sufficient conditions in place, the necessary condition (dishonesty) follows ... -
Tips for studying on the last month before exam?I started studying for the LSAT in June, and I plan to take the test in September. I spent the first month learning the core curriculum and then spen…
... drilling questions during the week and then take a PT ... started to focus on drills and why i got questions ... which meant wrong answer journal and taking a day to BR ... on getting good at conditionals and sufficient and necessary conditions. And when you notice a ... -
57.2.25 The law of the cityEDIT: I had the wrong question in the title I have a huge bone to pick with this one. I don't see how any of the answer choices "must be true." …
... accepted contributions only from residents and former residents.
... registration; there could be multiple sufficient conditions for registration.
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How to get timed score to BR score? (BR mid-170s, timed plateau at 163)Hi all, This is similar to a post below so apologies if it's just askig for redundant advice. I did read that thread but thought I might post my o…
... weak points -- namely LR Flaw, Weaken, Strengthen and MSS questions.
< ... a marked improvement in untimed Flaw Qs which is great! I ... can finally identify the Flaw which I was really struggling ... wrong in BR and 2-3 wrong in timed conditions.
PT 33 & 36 LG: Conditional Reasoning confusion.<i>Hey 7Sagers! Had a student email me with a question I thought you could help out on. Here it is:</i> ----------------------------------------- …
... when it's put in necessary condition and sufficient condition?PT60.S1.Q7 - Psychologist: Research has shown that a weakenedI still don't understand why answer choice E is wrong. My understanding is, iIf stress is a symptom of a weakened immune system, then wouldn't that m…
... /> I don't understand how and why Jon explained it that ... immune system is the sufficient and stress is the necessary? And that the causal ...When is an addendum necessary?I'm looking for some clarification on when/when not to write an addendum for a less than stellar GPA. When is it necessary and/or helpful to write on…
... stellar GPA. When is it necessary and/or helpful to write one ... with a 3.3 GPA and also have a few Ws ... law I'm interested in, and I know my LORs will ...PT68.S3.Q24 - in the riverview buildingI am not sure why answer choice D in question 68 section 3 of PT 68 is incorrect. Here is an explanation for why I think D can be considered the corr…
... /> Assumption 1) Contrapositives are permitted and do not change the structure ... /> Analysis of flaw: one necessary condition leads to another necessary condition. I am ... /> Take contrapositive of premise #1 and conclusion (assumption #1):
Premises ...Q. 5 of Quiz on drawing valid conclusions with translation 3In JY's breakdown of this statement: <blockquote>All dinosaurs that hunt its prey can run, swim and fly. Dinosaurs that cannot run, cannot swim or ca…
... "And" in the sufficient should be treated as "A and B----->" and an "And ... " in the necessary ... do the opposite? He stacks and separates the sufficient "AND" and makes the necessary "And" linear.PT50.S2.Q09 - one should always capitalizeHi 7sagers, I just recently solved the question referenced above, a MBT question with heavy conditional reasoning. I understand why TCR is what i…
... 't have a ton of sufficient conditions), etc. Even some of conditional ... up in a linear fashion and can be pictured without diagramming ... , there are just a million sufficient conditions to keep track of!
Mislabeled as SA in Question Bank?In the Question Bank and in the LR Drill Sets (https://7sage.com/lesson/lr-drills-preptest-01-to-09/ ), **PT8.S4.Q21**. is categorized as a Sufficien…
In the Question Bank and in the LR Drill Sets ... .Q21**. is categorized as a Sufficient Assumption question.
... is an assumption that is necessary (not sufficient). If this were a ... correct since it shows a sufficient assumption.
Can ...Conditional ReasoningHI everyone, I have been struggling to correctly answer sample logical reasoning/weakening the argument type questions. Unfortunately, I am repea…
... can tell me whether using necessary condition and sufficient condition strategies works with ...Conditional Indicator "Except"I have been trying to stick to the group 1-4 method. Previously, if I read "except" I would make what follows the necessary condition and then simply…
... necessary condition and then simply negate the remaining and make that the sufficient ... would be /MGS--->Sun and /Sun-->MGS. So ... in group 3? Negate the sufficient? What about this example, ... the necessary, and negate the remaining and get MGS-->Sun and / ...ClarificationCan someone clarify the distinction between necessary assumption and sufficient assumption questions. I’ve been reading too in to it and it’s gone ov…
... someone clarify the distinction between necessary assumption and sufficient assumption questions. I’ve ... been reading too in to it and ...Horrible Testing ConditionsI'm not sure if anyone else took the December LSAT at Long Beach Convention Center. Everyone was in line checking in around 8 a.m., and they only …
... a Miss California USA Pageant and Herbalife Employee Ceremony happening ... Loud music, bands playing, cheering, and people announcing employee of the ... It was as if our conditions were not already horrible. < ... to provide adequate staff and testing conditions.PT13.S2.Q26 - If Blankenship Enterprises has to switch suppliersPT 13, Sec. 2, Q26. Does "the only" in answer choice B refer to a necessary, or sufficient condition? Also, what exactly is "the condition" and "phen…
... a necessary, or sufficient condition? Also, what exactly is "the condition" and "phenomenon ... />
Admin note: edited title and edited out "#help" *The "#" marks ..."It is" as a logical indicatorI just finished a PT that made use twice of "it is," in english to convey logic, in one SA question. This indicator is not in the CC and honestly, th…
... and honestly, thinking about if the word following "it is" was necessary ... or sufficient slowed me down drastically.
difference between Suff. Assumptions vs. Nec. Assumptions that act as a "bridge."Hi everyone, I'm confused about the difference between Sufficient Assumptions vs. Necessary Assumptions that act as a "bridge." I understand th…
... about the difference between Sufficient Assumptions vs. Necessary Assumptions that act ... choices can be both sufficient and necessary.
And I know that ... on the difference between Sufficient Assumptions and Necessary Assumptions that act as ...formal logic with keywords**I need help diagramming statements (with contrapositives) with keywords like: some, most, few, many, none, no one. I am having troubles answering M…
... section that has those keywords. And, do I always translate such ... use "weak local government" as sufficient without negating it when the ... structure in stimulus makes it necessary? and if that is possible, why ...
