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PT51.S1.Q21 - garden and adjoining living room separatedCan someone explain what role "even if" plays in (D)? I was able to eliminate all of them except (D) so I picked it. Turns out, I got lucky. I…
... " isn't so much a sufficient condition as indicating there isn't ... so you cannot call it sufficient. It's not like the ... merging, it's just not necessary for the merge for the ... the relationship between "getting trashed" and "hungover" isn't entirely conditional. -
am i kinda screwed for october?basically atm my last pt a few weeks ago was 149 starting from a 140. Kinda thinking i am screwed for october, might have to push back to december. i…
... managed to score a 151 and 152 on the last two ... my score is that the questions in LR that I am ... the same type... Sufficient, necessary assumption, Reasoning, parralel questions, inference and point at issue ... still taking the October test, and if I do mess up ... -
IF AND ONLY IFCan someone explain to me the implication of this statement? I know it sets up a two way street between the two terms but why is that the case???
... simply saying that something is sufficient and necessary for something else. For example ... a sufficient condition does nothing). For example, maybe Heather gives Grace $10 and ... anything (the precense of a necessary condition alone tells you NOTHING). The ... -
Help needed! Any tips on maximum/minimum number-type in/out game questions?Hey LSAT Geeks~My test in 10 days and one of my lingering concerns is about the type of in/out game questions that asks "what's the maximum/minimum n…
... ->/E
and B -> /F
and A in, B and C out, and you don ... can add F in and then bring in the ... also have C in and E out, and D as well, ... negating sufficient condition doesn't tell you anything about the necessary condition. If ... -
Sufficiency Necessity confusionok I know this is dumb, but is there sufficiency necessity confusion with mind on the money and money on the mind? or is it the same relationship?
... "Mind on the Money and Money on the Mind".< ... the sufficient condition and "money on my mind" would be the necessary condition.
sufficient logical indicator.
... a subject, a predicate, and a logical indicator.
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Where am I thinking wrong in the "only if" part of "If and only if" statements?So, "H will go before J if and only if it is after M." is a biconditional statement... and is broken down into two different conditions, rig…
... 1 and 3 depend on whether the sufficient condition kicks, or whether the necessary condition ... would be that the sufficient condition failed and the necessary condition was satisfied. So whereas ... -
"The only" as a sufficient conditional indicatorCan anyone give me a good example of "the only" as a sufficient conditional indicator? Possibly differentiating it from the 5 "only" (only, only if, …
... of sufficient condition indicators. But they did include "only" and "only if" as necessary condition ... " as necessary condition indicators. Since it is possible to have a sufficient condition indicator ... -
Getting mixed up with failing the sufficient and the necessary.Hey everyone, if someone could give me a quick explanation on failing either the sufficient or necessary I would greatly appreciate it. In LSAT Pre…
... the rule falls away and we're left with ... we know B is out and A is out.
... the necessary condition for A ---> B, but failing the sufficient condition for ... it means A and B are out, and C is a ... floater.
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Turning the necessary condition into words, How should I say it??I have a problem turning the necessary condition into words sometimes. For example, the sufficient condition reads well: Zombies attacking the c…
... really want it. - Again necessary condition follows sufficient condition in time. You really want ... and try).
Making an omelet requires eggs. - Necessary condition precedes sufficient in ... -
Pattern RecognitionI’ve heard so many times that the LSAT is a test of pattern recognition. Some people define pattern recognition as anticipating or pre-phrasing answe…
... that.
Necessary assumption, inference (MBT and MSS) and reading comprehension answer ... and weaken questions like middle language. Ex: Most, often, many, and several. Sufficient assumption questions ... -
"Cannot"... "Unless"Hey all, on PT 24, game 4, the rule reads "V cannot be prescribed unless both H and M are prescribed." J.Y translates this to: V -> M V->H. I am …
... V) unless both H and M (H and M). The word "unless ... is your sufficient condition. Dump "H and M" right into the necessary, untouched. Result ... : V -> H and M. The 'and' is in the necessary ... . End result: V -> H and V -> M. -
"Cannot"... "Unless"Hey all, on PT 24, game 4, the rule reads "V cannot be prescribed unless both H and M are prescribed." J.Y translates this to: V -> M V->H. I am …
... : "V cannot be prescribed" and "H and M are prescribed".
... negate should also become the sufficient condition. In this instance, you ... ".
Doing so and putting it back into a ... the split up the necessary condition into two conditionals. -
"Cannot"... "Unless"Hey all, on PT 24, game 4, the rule reads "V cannot be prescribed unless both H and M are prescribed." J.Y translates this to: V -> M V->H. I am …
... out which is the Necessary or the sufficient condition. You just need to ... , negate it, and put the other one as the necessary condition untouched. With ... be prescribed unless both H and M are prescribed," pick either ... -
Question about contrapositive (PT 62 LR1 Q23)The user and all related content has been deleted.
... principle we need - and the unstated assumption underlying ... On more difficult PSA questions the sufficient condition will be difficult to ... harmful) and so C acts as the pseudo sufficient assumption ... the premises and the ideas in C's sufficient condition. But ... -
Cheat Sheet - LR question typesFor LR reasoning is there a cheat sheet out there that summarizes all the strategies by question type?
... are tasked with exposing and affirming and assumptions made by the ... 7. Pseudo-sufficient Assumption Questions:
- Very similar to sufficient assumption questions in that ... similar flaw
16. Necessary Assumption Questions
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Will an answer choice in Assumption Questions ever repeat the conclusion or a premise?I suppose the title is self-explanatory, but I ran across a question in particular (LSAT 58, Section 4, Question 21) regarding lottery winners and te…
... the conclusion is both a necessary and a sufficient assumption for itself. So ... with sufficient assumption questions that "bridge the gap" between the premise and ... Drilling a bunch of necessary assumption questions should help illuminate exactly what ... -
PT30.S2.Q20 - justified public fundinghttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-30-section-2-question-20/ I found this question especially tricky because of what I perceive to be a logic…
... statement. In other words, the sufficient condition of our second conditional statement ... can have the sufficient condition occur and not have the necessary condition follow. This is ... question wants us to make, and it is represented perfectly by ... -
what order do you watch the videos and is Coursera helpful for LR?Hello everyone! I'm curious the order you watch the videos. I prefer to watch all Reading comp, then all Logic Reasoning, and finally all logic…
... /> j. Sufficient Assumption & Pseudo Sufficient Assumption Questions
k. More MBT and Must ... Flaw Questions
u. Necessary Assumption Questions
v. Resolve-Reconcile-Explain Questions
Evaluation QuestionsHi JY I came across a question where I don't understand the question stem or how to take on the question type ( Prep Test 36 Q24 Sec 1). Is there…
... a flaw/strengthen/weaken/necessary or sufficient assumption/ question. We ... 's flawed nature. Evaluate questions' answer choices capture the ... two polar opposite answers, and think about whether the ... opposites would strengthen and weaken in this 'opposite ...Speed!Does anyone have any general tips for improving speed? Aside from just taking a bunch of timed PTs, do you use any other methods?
... grasp on the notations and sufficient/necessary chaining where it becomes ... through IN/OUT and sequencing games and knowing when rules ... key in understanding inferences and intuitively seeing patterns that ... the other four questions are wrong and why the right ...high scorersPLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME YOUR SCHEDULE FOR STUDYING. I have studied since July and I'm still in 150s I feel like I have studied the wrong way...I have …
... 4-6 points on assumption questions; after getting tired of banging ... the difference between a necessary and a sufficient assumption and tools that I can ... with necessary assumptions. Since reviewing them, I rarely miss assumption questions. Moral ...Hi Guys, I have troubles again. Any advice will be appreciated. I've been practicing LSAT since June 2014. I went through all 7sage materials besides Logical Game Bundles in the end of August. Then I spent 3 mont…
... case, for any LR questions where I get the question ... help you with MSS/MBT questions on the LR section. ... all other LR questions, find the conclusion and find the support ... .e. strengthen, weaken, find necessary or sufficient assumption, justify etc...
...Difference between negation and contrapositive?I've been through the 'Some and Most Relationships' module once....and twice...but am still unclear on the exact difference between a contrapositive …
... & Force users) and (watermelon subsumed by fruit-Sufficient Condition & Necessary Condition)
• Existential ... J is not sufficient for F (and F is not necessary for J ... “One can be [the sufficient] and not be [the necessary].” For example, “If ...The EconomistHey! I just wanted to share with you all this deal I came across on Ebay. I actually paid $11 to get the print edition of The Economist for a full …
... replacing reading actual LSAT questions with The Economist is ... The Economist is neither necessary nor sufficient for doing well on ... 7Sagers read The Economist, and most 7Sagers are likely to ... /> (B) Both harrismegan and mpits001 are interested in subscribing ...strengthen questionsI am really confused on strengthen LR questions (assumption family). So I learned that if you attack strengthen questions fhe same way as "must be tr…
... never said that strengthen questions should be attacked the ... practice must be true and careful reading while I ... on strengthen questions. Negation only works on necessary strengthen questions types, ... determining if it's necessary or sufficient you're looking ...Drawing out conditional sentences in LRHi all, Curious about your thoughts on how often and under what circumstances you turn LR questions into "lawgic" diagrams. I find that in a lot o…
... in really long winded questions... some questions are a direct application ... require them directly... and in some questions you use the framework ... the lawgic curriculum again and again as it is ... of lawgic is a necessary condition for your doing well ...Negate conditional lawgicQuestion: What is the difference between A-->B ______ A-->/C and A--->B _____ not (A--->C)
... necessary condition does not have to occur in order for the sufficient condition ... avoiding any unnecessary diagramming and focusing instead on the ... choice that establishes the sufficient condition occurring and the necessary condition not occurring at ...LR Study Guides ThreadI was wondering if we could upload our study guides in this post for those taking the June and upcoming LSATs can always come back to this.
CAUSATION AND PHENOMENON-HYPOTHESIS QUESTIONS
CAUSATION ... Lesson 1 of 20
Universal quantifiers: sufficient ... cause A and B. C isn’t necessary to establish ... that A causes B, but if it exists and ...LR Study Guides ThreadI was wondering if we could upload our study guides in this post for those taking the June and upcoming LSATs can always come back to this.
... & Force users) and (watermelon subsumed by fruit-Sufficient Condition & Necessary Condition)
• Existential ... J is not sufficient for F (and F is not necessary for J ... “One can be [the sufficient] and not be [the necessary].” For example, “If ...Basic Translation Group 2Okay, this may sound random. In group one it goes Ex: "All Jedi use the force" J -> F /F -> /J Group 2 goes: Ex: "Only the good die young" D…
... do that a bit here and there and it is killer until ... why "only" is necessary and why "the only" is sufficient?
I ... would just slowly dissect everything and see if ... you break down the condition in English and really look at it ...
