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| be | 76.7K | 134.7K |
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Why are LSAT scores given so much weight for admissions decisions?Dear JY, I love your website. The explanations for the logical games are carefully thought out and well presented. I wished I knew about your web…
... was an intense post, you must be super fun at parties. First ... I am struggling with sufficiency/ necessary and formal logical concepts. Does ... .
Not true. They will review it and ... (e.g. 170s vs 160s vs 150s vs 140s stacks) until they ... -
What does the phrase "what's more" mean?I am doing the Miscellaneous Questions Problem Set 5, and 18.4.21 has me really confused. I googled the meaning and got this: http://ell.stackexchan…
... 's pretty clear the sound vs. tone thing.
But ... that for B to be correct, the arguments must share an explicitly ... , but isn't this a necessary assumption for Mark?). What if B ... -
PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a wordhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-59-section-3-question-19/ Can anyone explain this question and how the correct answer logically follows?
... It seems that the necessary condition is failed: understanding ... be correct, you must assume that the conditional statement actually is true ... . That isn't an OK assumption.
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PT5.S1.Q12 - impact craters causedHey gang, I’ve been working through the Sufficient Assumption question bank, trying to turn my Level 3 and 2 questions into Level 1 questions (for…
... think answer D is a necessary assumption due to the strength of ... : the findings of the craters MUST be explained by the lower rates ... if answer choice D is true, but humans just built buildings ... impact craters? Then, D is true, but the conclusion doesn't ... -
What is the negation of "not many"?How do you negate "not many"? To me, you can't just dropped the "not". Here's my thought process: "Not many" seems to be the same as "some not…
... t dependent on the Some vs Many, as it talks about ... being preserved" and requires a necessary assumption. Only D provides this, as ... , they will not fail to be preserved, destroying the argument.
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need help with negating sentences for necessary assumptionHello everyone, I seem to be having some issues with negating sentences, some things are very obvious, but others are not. for example 1)The Fine…
... the necessary assumption.
S1: In order for this claim to be true ... to be true, nothing else serves stewards of cultural heritage (otherwise, why MUST ... the fine arts (otherwise, why MUST we need subsidies?) -
Tips for Quickly Eliminating Answer Choices (PR, Strengthen, Assumptions)Hey All, Over the past few months, since I began my LSAT journey, I've accumulated a few tips on how to quickly eliminate answer choices for Paral…
... MUST be false because a SA that would allow the conclusion to be true ... , when negated, MUST be false. I ...
Necessary Assumption:
1. correct AC can't be a conditional ... conclusion means that author must be assuming that x ... -
PT45.S1.Q12 - biologists have noted reproductive abnormalitiesI am having a problem seeing how a/c C WEAKENS. To me it looks like it is strengthening the argument. Maybe I am just misunderstanding how the ar…
... our author’s hypothesis. A necessary assumption at this juncture is: a ... so the previous sentence better be true for the other people’s ... Embedded here is our core assumption: that the dioxin is present ... are not saying that it must be dioxin that is causing the ... -
PT17.S2.Q21 - nuclear reactors are sometimes builtHi All, I could use some help with this necessary assumption question. I definitely see why C is a necessary assumption, but I'm having a hard tim…
... my opinion, lead to a necessary assumption.) , but your explanation ... s definition. A negated necessary assumption can't merely leave ... It must definitively vanquish all possibilities that the conclusion is **true**. ... are less likely to be struck by an earthquake ... -
PT10.S1.Q07 - slash and burnWhy wouldnt **A** be considered an attack on the premise that says that land becomes too poor to support agriculture?
... premise it's highlighting the assumption the author made between the ... . Thus the argument must DEPEND on A being true: That the forests ... naturally deficient; that isn't necessary to make the conclusion work ... (A) You need A to be true for the argument to work. -
I keep falling for the "oldest trick in the book" - sufficiency/necessity LR questionsAt first, it was quite easy for me to identify and correctly label conditional statements. But, now that I am nearly 60% through with the CC (curren…
... see that a condition that must be met in order for JY ... for all we know he must be high on bath salts and ... premium cocaine. It is a necessary assumption.
In the ... conclusion, but knowing a sufficient assumption to be true does.
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Fell Behind in LSAT Prep - Dec 2Hey Folks, I made the classic mistake of not sticking to my schedule and fell behind my LSAT prep. At this point I’ve taken 3 PTs and have done pr…
... is it anywhere near your true scoring potential. I have ... day. If you absolutely must take the exam in December ... games and drill Flaw, Necessary assumption, and Sufficient Assumption as these questions types ... 3 well, you should be able to figure out parallel ... -
PT53.S1.Q9 - Global surveys estimate the earth'sHello 7sage community! This is my first time posting here but I've been reading the forum for quite some time. I'm posting as I have a question fro…
... , you're necessary assumption would be false but the conclusion would still be true.
be true. If true, what is the necessary assumption? You arent supposed to be attacking ... population is in danger. What must be the case here?
PT53.S1.Q9 - Global surveys estimate the earth'sHello 7sage community! This is my first time posting here but I've been reading the forum for quite some time. I'm posting as I have a question fro…
... , you're necessary assumption would be false but the conclusion would still be true.
be true. If true, what is the necessary assumption? You arent supposed to be attacking ... population is in danger. What must be the case here?
> ...Necessary Assumption PatternsHello Everyone, I have been taking practice tests and I notice that I am overwhelmingly getting necessary assumption questions wrong. I understan…
... solving necessary assumption questions. I found noticing patterns for weaken/strengthen to be ... statement that has to obviously be true, like if I say productivity ... something that improves productivity it must obviously be the case that the ...PT26.S3.Q21 - The companies that are the prime purchasersHi fam! So, This is your straightforward Sufficient Assumption Question. If you have a moment you can work out the logic and make your way to a corr…
... to find _**the**_ necessary assumption they are going for.
true, wrecks the argument.
> ... means the assumption also needs to be put C on the necessary side ... the sufficient side, so the assumption must put X on the sufficient ...PT26.S3.Q21 - The companies that are the prime purchasersHi fam! So, This is your straightforward Sufficient Assumption Question. If you have a moment you can work out the logic and make your way to a corr…
... to find _**the**_ necessary assumption they are going for.
true, wrecks the argument.
> ... means the assumption also needs to be put C on the necessary side ... the sufficient side, so the assumption must put X on the sufficient ...pointers for necessary assumption questions?!I am having a hard time with necessary assumption questions. I understand the question type but when it comes to the answer choices I always end up p…
... what is absolutely necessary for this argument to be true. The necessary assumption does technically ... answer choices tell me what must be necessary.. It's easy for us ... to make assumptions but we must let the stimulus/answer choices ...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 …
... because I thought negating the necessary condition would destroy the ... about Natural Causes vs Non Natural (assumed to be human) causes ... causes weather patterns then it must be humans (assumption non natural = human) ... of days in the CAUSE vs the # days in the ...Sufficient Assumption QuestionsHello! I've been studying for the LSAT for quite some time now. I took a course last summer and am still having trouble with sufficient assumption…
... the conclusion to be 100% true.
Sufficient Assumption (SA) argument example ... we must fill in to prove that the conclusion is 100% true ... SA choice including must, is/are, do/does, always, necessary, etcetera, also ...Quick Translation HelpIt might be the lack of coffee, or alternatively the 8 hrs of study so far, but for some reason I am having trouble translating this sentence. (The…
... happens, you can have the necessary condition be true or untrue, it's ... . What happens is that necessary condition of b being in ... the conditions that precipitate it must also b failed, or else ... things trigger vs having to think about failing the necessary and ...Necessary Assumption HelpOther than the negate and weaken technique, does anyone have any advice or tricks for solving necessary assumption questions? #help
... to make an assumption.
CONCLUSION------------>NECESSARY ASSUMPTION
Whether ... yourself, "if the conclusion is true, must (assumption choice) be true?"
The correct ...PT5.S1.Q3 - Economy of PlainsvilleCan someone please explain to me why B is right?
... /> Citizens:
Conclusion-- You must have other interests in mind ... /> You: The mayor must have other intentions than ... was not the case( necessary assumption questions you negate the ... true/ needed either. I think this could be a Sufficient assumption( ...PT17.S3.Q01 - If a country's manufacturing capacity is fully utilized...Here's the problem and JY's explanation: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-17-section-3-question-01/ My question: is the necessary conditio…
... true for me.
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> Anyways, how can the necessary ... truthfulness is something that we must just assume for every question ... />
A necessary assumption does not always have to be something that happens ...PT17.S3.Q01 - If a country's manufacturing capacity is fully utilized...Here's the problem and JY's explanation: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-17-section-3-question-01/ My question: is the necessary conditio…
... any Sufficient --> Necessary relationship, the Necessary condition is always a ... know if that much is true for me.
> ... is something that we must just assume for every ... > A necessary assumption does not always have to be something that happens ...PT68.3.18 - "The chairperson of Acme Corporation..."Hello, 7Sagers! Been awhile, hope everyone's easing into a nice LDW :) I posted this on the question's discussion board but was hoping for a va…
... (E) would have been a necessary addition.
@Christopherr ... to take the "common sense assumption" approach as you suggest, and ... still may or may not be true), but I also see ... follow from the premise). This must be a fairly rudimentary question, but ...Bridging the gap between BR and raw score.Hi all, I've been studying all summer, completed the CC and did 5 timed PT's thus far. My goal score is a 161-163 and although I have been hitting…
... /> for Necessary Assumption, you're looking for something that needs to be true in ... order for the argument to be valid - therefore it must be ... argument.
It would be a good idea for you ...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 …
... sufficient assumption to exist. For every necessary assumption that exists, a sufficient assumption must also ... feet and 6 inches tall must be good at basketball."
true, is sufficient to make the ...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 …
... conclusion is true, these assumptions have to be true, too. A necessary assumption is something ... that necessarily has to be true if ... the conclusion is true, must this NA also have to be true?
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 …
... conclusion is true, these assumptions have to be true, too. A necessary assumption is something ... that necessarily has to be true if ... the conclusion is true, must this NA also have to be true?
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