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Delaying another year and trying again in July - Advice is appreciated on how to restart.Hi, all. I'm barely scraping a 154 (138 cold diag), and after choking on the exam yesterday, I've decided to delay a year and take the July exam. …
... example: the substitution LG questions (which 7sage and LSATTrainer don't do ... well, you'll do anything necessary, and as would I, but that ... , those things are necessary, and not sufficient. Nothing is sufficient for a 175+ score ... -
PT4.S1.Q8 - Political theorist: The chief foundations of allHey guys, I'm having trouble understanding question 8 from PT4 section 1. I diagrammed it: -PWP ---> -GLS and realized that the passage makes an…
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You're right that the conclusion is an illegal reversal. By saying PWP --> GLS, the conclusion mistakenly states that PWP is the sufficient condition and that GLS is the necessary condition. (D) reflects this. -
Otherwise & Not Otherwise BiconditionalsHey there! Hope everyone is doing well in their LSAT studies! I stumbled upon a question that stated "otherwise" within the answer choices. (for r…
... Not L Not SW and the logical Equivalent SW ... negates the sufficient condition to get you a new necessary condition, it can ... the contrapositive of the above and you get
and you get your bi conditional ... -
How do you y'all visually represent exceptions to condition statements in our "lawgic" language?A will go to B except when C happens. Maybe it can be done conditionally, I'm not sure. I've been thinking about writing C as a sufficient (either…
... think of it as A AND NOT C --> B
and the sufficient condition to trigger the necessary. In order to ... trigger the neccessary with the sufficient condition you ... valid. Which is what A and Not C show. -
Embedded Conditionals -- "Carve-out" vs. TranslationHi Everyone, I've been going back to the core curriculum to brush up on a few things, and I realized that I rely more on what JY calls the "carve-…
... saying that if a necessary condition is affirmed, its sufficient condition must also be ... , because there could be other necessary conditions involved with planting seeds ... winter AND they blossom, along with all the other potential necessary conditions ... -
PT3.S2.Q4 - A work of architecture, if it is to be bothHi, I am having trouble understanding why (B) MBT. I understand why the other answer choices are bad. But I have no idea why (B) is the correct answe…
... or not the sufficient condition is satisfied, the necessary cannot be satisfied ... all, because if the sufficient is failed then the rule ... sufficient is met or failed, we need to negate the necessary ... up) but definitely convoluted and I haven't seen anything ... -
PT3.S2.Q4 - A work of architecture, if it is to be bothHi, I am having trouble understanding why (B) MBT. I understand why the other answer choices are bad. But I have no idea why (B) is the correct answe…
... /> unobtrusive ---> inviting and functional
Clearly, ... you're confusing necessity and sufficiency since you end ...
(a) Inviting and Functional --> not unobtrusive; ... the sufficient condition failed, we cannot properly infer the necessary. ... -
Question Regarding And + OrHi all! I just have a question regrading And + Or in the SC and NC and what happens when you Satisfy the SC through Valid Argument Form #1 and Deny …
... And + Or in the SC and NC
Or in the sufficient condition ... description of and in the necessary condition.
A --> B and C. The ... contrapositive turns into an or in the sufficient conditions ... -
What’s your Digital LSAT Notation Strategy?Hi fellas, I’ve been studying for the paper version of the LSAT and have very used to certain notation strategies for RC and LR that unfortunately…
... I know to negate the sufficient condition, and group 4 I highlight ... and the word after it so I know to negate the necessary condition ... .
And not sure if ... I ditched the clock and tried to solve problems without ... -
PT70.S1.Q23 - Columnist: Although most people favor the billwould some one please help me understand how to properly translate answer choice E into formal logic? i have some idea from the discussion in the vid…
... was favored by most people and it did not violate ... a sufficient condition that must be met in order for the necessary ... if the sufficient is negated, the rule and/or argument ... separating the sufficient, "most people favor the bill," and the necessary, "[a ... -
PT36.S1.Q22 - Any writer whose purpose is personal expression<font color="red">Admin note: Deleted. Please don't post the actual question</font> Translated: Poet --> Purpose PE <s> Ambig. Words Thus. …
... this is a sufficient assumption question and not a necessary assumption.
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PT36.S1.Q22 - Any writer whose purpose is personal expression<font color="red">Admin note: Deleted. Please don't post the actual question</font> Translated: Poet --> Purpose PE <s> Ambig. Words Thus. …
... this is a sufficient assumption question and not a necessary assumption.
> ... "A" then "B" in Sufficient Assumption questions? Why is that so?
PT36.S1.Q22 - Any writer whose purpose is personal expression<font color="red">Admin note: Deleted. Please don't post the actual question</font> Translated: Poet --> Purpose PE <s> Ambig. Words Thus. …
... this is a sufficient assumption question and not a necessary assumption.
> ... "A" then "B" in Sufficient Assumption questions? Why is that so?
Sufficient condition vs necessary conditionI understand that necessary condition has to be 100% true while sufficient is more of a "good enough" explanation for if something else is true. But …
... be present in order for and argument/idea to follow logically ... EVERY necessary condition it wouldn't be a real sufficient condition.
A Sufficient Condition ... know that's really wordy, and it jumps a ahead in ...Negation Besides Some and AllI am learning about negation but when it comes to the quiz its confusing because the only terms I learned through CC was "some" and "all" to learn ho…
... 't_** have the sufficient condition and the absence of the necessary condition. If there was ... of the necessary condition we would have the absence of the sufficient condition (the ...Trouble with SA and PSA Questions, help!Hi all, I've been studying for a little over 7 months but I've always had trouble with Sufficient Assumption and Pseudo Sufficient Assumption ques…
... always had trouble with Sufficient Assumption and Pseudo Sufficient Assumption questions. I get them ... logic, while sometimes necessary for very complicated logic heavy questions, takes away ...HELPI am pretty devastated by my LSAT score. Was consistently scoring 157-161 on my PT leading up to test day and I got a 153 on this one. That was lower…
... time with (i.e., necessary assumption, sufficient assumption, strengthening, etc.). If ... taking a prep tests and that was helpful because ... too much time on and what questions would be best skipped ... might be a good idea and will provide additional insights. ...Advice needed - 4 weeks before test dayI am registered for the October LSAT and have been studying for the last 3 months. For the most part, I have put 3 to 3.5 hours in daily (sometimes m…
... know what sufficient and necessary are to get the 'sufficient' or 'necessary' assumption questions right). You ... for 'must be true' questions and 'argument part' questions, this won't work ... 's written in the passage, and the questions will fly by.
Could anyone help me with this conditional conundrum?So I've been studying for lsat for some time now and i always had this question i couldn't sort out in my head. For certain describe the flaw questi…
... necessary condition for A, then does that make B a sufficient condition ... If something is the only necessary condition, and you fulfill that requirement, ... no guarantee that the sufficient condition will actually occur.
and they end up picking ...Could anyone help me with this conditional conundrum?So I've been studying for lsat for some time now and i always had this question i couldn't sort out in my head. For certain describe the flaw questi…
... happy is get good grades." And, yet, when children fulfill their ... 't_ the only necessary condition after all.
And if the LSAC ... the premise.
**Sufficient Condition All Necessary Conditions**
In the ...Cleaning up Logic GamesHey! So I have kind of hit a plateau with LG. I am averaging around a -8 timed, but in BR I am consistently -0 to -2. I know I can do pretty much …
... and it freezes me up.
No additional condition MBTs: These questions ... when its not necessary, or I am not splitting and missing out ... there are many ‘if’ additional condition questions in the set, I still ...PT88.S2.Q21 - 30 years of weather pattern recordsI have no idea why the answer is E. I chose C. Can someone please explain why E is right? <strong>Admin note: edited title; please use the format …
... necessary condition would destroy the conclusion, but I do realize that the sufficient condition ... a seven-day cycle, and seems like it doesn’ ... gap between premise 2 and the conclusion. Is it ... the gap between premise 1 and premise 2 (intermediate conclusion)? ...PT88.S2.Q21 - 30 years of weather pattern recordsI have no idea why the answer is E. I chose C. Can someone please explain why E is right? <strong>Admin note: edited title; please use the format …
... necessary condition would destroy the conclusion, but I do realize that the sufficient condition ... gap between premise 2 and the conclusion. Is it ... the gap between premise 1 and premise 2 (intermediate conclusion ... not sufficient for C and C is not necessary for ...How to properly analyze the relationship between the Premises and Conclusions w. Conditionals?!LR Question Referring To: PT#J07 S#3 Q#17 (Exercising muscles in one back...) Hey all! Hope all is well, I just have a question about how to prop…
... in Premises, Sub-Conclusions, and Conclusions? Right now I ... Notice the one in bold and Italicized are not explicitly ... between balanced muscle developed and proper alignment of back, ... The "necessary" part of the question stem has a sufficient condition. In ...huge gap between BR and actualHi again everyone. So, I've been studying for this test for about a year now, and although I've improved my score 20 points, I still am not scorin…
... Fear, then, is a necessary condition for exhibiting courage. Don’t ... 's I took and I get questions right that I ... missed the first time I took it (and ... "Fear...is a necessary condition for exhibiting courage" right, right. And yeah - when ...HELP - Flaw Questions: Sufficiency-Necessity confusionIn the flaw section of LR, I have a hard time understanding the common argument flaw of sufficiency-necessity confusion, as JY calls it. I never seem…
... sufficiency/necessity relationship between RT and CT would be switched:
necessary condition for the sufficient condition (and the sufficient condition for the necessary condition, which is saying ...Tips and tricks for Necessary Assumption questions?I'm at the NA section of the core curriculum (almost done the problem sets) and so far these are the hardest question type for me. What are some …
... was that it really means NECESSARY. So any extraneous information would ... assumption questions: Linking assumptions and defender assumptions. Linking is similar to sufficient assumption questions ... assumption being only what is necessary. These answers are a ...The Assumption FamilySo I did a little experiment and did 3 questions from each Logical Reasoning stem and found that no matter how hard I try I keep getting Strengthenin…
... keep getting Strengthening, Weakening, and Necessary Assumption questions wrong. It is probably my ...
For strengthen and weaken questions you want to follow the ... being necessary is a relationship which means there is a sufficient. The sufficient ...Valid Argument FormsI am currently struggling to move past the CC lessons on valid argument forms. With the use of flashcards, I have been able to memorize what the abst…
... the premise A-->B and the conclusion B some ... definitely a contortion of thinking and it is tough. If ... be in the sufficient condition, not the necessary condition. and The arrow and the most ... Watch the videos again and pause them and write it out yourself ..."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, …
... uses "only" as a necessary condition indicator:
> ... "the only" as a sufficient condition indicator:
> ... only" changes to a necessary condition indicator when it is ... only" and "only the" - The former is a sufficient condition indicator, ...
