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NA question typesI was wondering if anyone has found a way that works best to approach these question types? If so, PLEASE share.
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LR Cheat Sheet Part 1Here is an LR Cheat Sheet I derived quite a while ago. I hope it helps some of you out there. Best of luck to all! LR Question Type Cheat Sheet …
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Sufficient Assumption Questions (Justify The Conclusion)
Necessary Assumption Questions (Assumption)
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Group Blind Review via Skype- Saturday 4/25 7 PM (EST) - PT 56If you're interested in joining please PM me or @nicole.hopkins your Skype name so we can add you to the call :) It runs pretty smooth. All you h…
... if the question was a sufficient assumption question I think that C ... 't need a sufficient condition, we just need a necessary condition that ... " and provides just what is necessary for the argument to hold ... -
PT 50--beginning of the major changes?I just took PT 50 and I felt like I did not even know how to complete the exam. I have familiarized myself with the test since December, but I felt …
... recognize that there's some sufficient and necessary assumption confusion because there's ... "treats a sufficient assumption as a necessary assumption" and "treats a necessary assumption as a sufficient assumption."
LR: Strengthen, Sufficient, or RequiredI am really struggling on making these distinct. I can recognize the stems, but the answers are gnarly for me. Any advice? I am going through the…
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-For sufficient assumption, you need to figure out ... be sufficient to guarantee that the argument would work.
-For necessary assumption ...Necessary AssumptionsSomeone please help, I still do not know how to do these question types. I have reviewed the curriculum many times, but it is still not sticking. A…
Necessary assumptions are subtle but crucial. < ... fooling you into picking a sufficient assumption.
The best strategy ... , but D is the only necessary one. If Trump is not ...PT39 S4 Q19I couldn't pick between A and D and finally chose A. But the answer is D. I kept trying to find out why A is wrong, but I still don't understand why…
... required, or necessary, for the argument to obtain. A sufficient assumption questions asks ... we negate a necessary condition (in this case assumption) the sufficient assumption (In this ...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…
Hey LogicFiend! The necessary condition above seems more like ... truth table. Based on the assumption that NOT is similar logically ... not exist". That means the sufficient assumption that would prove our conclusion ...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 …
... the argument valid in Sufficient Assumption questions or necessary with Must Be True ...55.1.4 Among the various modelsHow is A a sufficient assumption? I didn't like any of the answer choices, so I pretty much guessed on this one. I thought A was the least attracti…
... seem more like a necessary assumption rather than a sufficient assumption? After reading your ... think it really is a sufficient assumption. In order for it to ... be sufficient, don't you need to ...PT76- S4- Q24 - Many introductory undergradute sciencePurpose of proving grounds: Designed to be so demanding that only those students most committed to being science majors will receive passing grades i…
I agree that it's a sufficient assumption not necessary. I wasted extra time on this q when saw no answer choice that was a NA but this question seems flawed.prep test 30 section 2 question 22Can someone explain to me why the answer isn't A
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This is a necessary assumption question.
The claim ... one. This is a sufficient assumption, not a necessary assumption. If you negate it ... is too strong for a necessary assumption.
Answer B: Who ...PT3.S2.Q04 - a work of architectureI'm having a hard time understanding how this answer choice follows logically from the premises.
... sure what you mean by Sufficient Assumption. There’s not really a ... they have done the sufficient without doing the necessary,
Not ... Argument #2 (or denying the sufficient) refers to conditional statements, but ...Doubt in necessary assumptionI was reading the Trainer and I came through a simple example "She does not consume too much caffeine because she only drinks one cup of coffee a da…
... you are giving is a Sufficient Assumption. With the two premises, (one ... .
It's not a Necessary assumption because, while the negation does ... much caffeine" limit.
A necessary assumption always destroys the argument when ...PT44.S2.Q13 - the solution to anyThis is a hard SA question, and I don't see what I am missing. How is answer choice A a sufficient assumption? My diagram: (Solution to environm…
@Elle2015 If this were a necessary assumption question, then I think you’d be on to something, employing the negation test. But this is a sufficient assumption question. So we need an answer that will make the argument valid.not seeing much improvement in PTsSo I started doing my PTs after finishing the core curriculum and while I initially saw some improvement (started with my diagnostic at 152, then sta…
... and can pick tiny little necessary assumptions that don't ... to be important to be necessary.
It doesn't ... and yet it's a necessary assumption. If the opposite is true ... a Sufficient assumption, and guarantees the conclusion, but it's not necessary. Even ...PT32.S4.Q03 - Traffic AccidentHi all, Link to the lesson: https://7sage.com/lesson/traffic-accident-principle-question?ss_completed_lesson=1135 First of all, C can be eliminat…
... of knowledge. Michiko adds the sufficient condition that “if they know ... sufficient assumption and conclude with the correctly corresponding necessary assumption. So to trigger the sufficient assumption ...Logical Reasoning "information/stimulus retention"..? HELPHello all, I need some advice on how to improve on "retaining" information; specifically for LR. What I'm finding is that with all LR questions…
... ), Necessary assumption (identify the one assumption who's negation would destroy the argument), Sufficient assumption ... (identify the one assumption that when true would ...PT8.S4.Q21 - so-called environmentalists have arguedThis is a sufficient assumption question but one of the forums I read to understand answer choice (A) explained that NEGATING (A) would demonstrate i…
... . It should be a necessary assumption question, not a sufficient assumption question. The question ...PT8.S4.Q21 - so-called environmentalists have arguedThis is a sufficient assumption question but one of the forums I read to understand answer choice (A) explained that NEGATING (A) would demonstrate i…
... mislabeled as a Sufficient Assumption. It's a Necessary Assumption all day long ... I might not have paid sufficient attention, but think I've ... makes it by definition a "necessary" assumption - don't be tricked by ... into confusing it with a sufficient assumption.PT70.S1.Q21 - consumer magazine: because front-loading washersThis is a Necessary Assumption question. Could someone explain how Answer B is incorrect and Answer D is correct? Answer B speaks to the gap (Det…
Just remember that the correct answer to a Necessary Assumption question can be both necessary and sufficient so don't let that trip you up by discounting an answer that is both.Assumptions and a peculiar patternOkay let me just start from the start. My cold diagnostic was a 145 (June 2007). Since then I've studied for about a month and a half taking a PT sco…
... look at assumption questions was:
Necessary Assumption: What must ... it is a necessary/required assumption)
Sufficient Assumption: What must be ... know the difference between sufficient and necessary assumption questions until I ...PT64.S1.Q23 - ethicist: martial vows containThis question is about an ethicist who says love refers to a feeling therefore a marital vow saying to love until death do us part is a promise that …
This is a difficult sufficient assumption question:
Premise: A ... just needs to negate the necessary condition.
What am ...LR Question Justify the conclusionAn argument states that: Maria won this year's sailboat race by beating Sue, who has in each of the four last years. We can conclude from this that M…
... conclusion a necessary assumption in a conditional and then affirm the sufficient. If ... we affirm the sufficient then the necessary must ... " introduces a sufficient assumption and “only if” introduces a necessary assumption. That’s ...Question About Sufficient AssumptionWhen you see a conditional statement in either the stimulus or the answer choice, do you always translate to the contrapositive to check if it matche…
... , diagramming out a really hard sufficient assumption question really is necessary.Sufficient vs Necessary Assumption I was just wondering based upon the question stem, how can you tell if they want to to find the sufficient vs. the necessary assumption and vice ver…
... asking you for the sufficient (Group I) or the necessary (Group 2) assumption.Sufficient vs Necessary Assumption I was just wondering based upon the question stem, how can you tell if they want to to find the sufficient vs. the necessary assumption and vice ver…
... for the sufficient (Group I) or the necessary (Group 2) assumption.
PT55.S1.Q12 - Example of NA answer choice that is also SufficientJon's conditional breakdown shows an example of how the answer choice has to be sufficient based on the argument... https://7sage.com/lsat_explanati…
... another example of a necessary and sufficient condition within a single ... br />
A necessary and sufficient answer choice would be something ... ." Also stands as a sufficient condition. For we know ... over 1-3 star necessary assumption questions to get a ...PT72.S2.Q12 - humans' emotional tendenciesOk so I'm doing my blind review, and when I initially did the test I chose the correct answer even though I wasn't happy with it because it seemed mo…
... in an exception zone of necessary assumption questions. Meaning, that the ... so simple that the necessary assumption is actually the sufficient assumption. I am in ... necessary assumptions that encompass what we would normally consider a sufficient assumption ...PT72.S2.Q12 - humans' emotional tendenciesOk so I'm doing my blind review, and when I initially did the test I chose the correct answer even though I wasn't happy with it because it seemed mo…
... and it looks like another necessary assumption with an SA correct answer ... /> A: irrelevant, this is not necessary and when negated it actually ...
E: this is a sufficient assumption answer choice:
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