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Negating a Conditional StatementHey guys, I can't remember where this was in the course, but what is the proper way to negate a conditional statment? So for example: ~ (X-->Y)…
... forget that. The negation changes the meaning of your statement; the contrapositive's ... keep meaning the same. The negation is one step in taking ... need one counterexample. Hence, the negation you are looking for is ... world in two, so the negation of X some ~Y is X ... -
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.
... the universal qualifiers).
Interestingly, of the five possible parallel argument ... /> Invalid form 6 of 7
[English] Most A’s are B ... since the “some” statement is weaker than the “most” statement, the following arguments ... -
PT61.S2.Q23 - every brick house on river street has a front yardhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-61-section-2-question-23/ So in JY's explanation the stimulus represents invalid argument form 4. But I'm ha…
... front yards is consistent with most HRF having front yards.
PS -most-> NRO
L -most-> NRO
I think it's most helpful with the "never run ... characteristic as opposed to a negation of "run for office" (meaning, NRO ... -
Negation of a statement with "most" and "conditional statements"I am having a difficult time figuring out how to negate a sentence that is comprised of both "most" and "conditional statements." For example, if …
... you're removing the most element completely. You need ... get a 180. Your negation denies they exist. Take ... of the comments here: http://7sage.com/lesson/quiz-negation ... English for the opposite of "most", you have to simply ... not the case that most people who study at ... -
Negation of a statement with "most" and "conditional statements"I am having a difficult time figuring out how to negate a sentence that is comprised of both "most" and "conditional statements." For example, if …
... contrapositive on a most statement.
The original statement was most people who study ... will get 180.
Al5hours Most 180.
Negate ... s not the case that most people who study at least ... less. So half or less of the people who study at ... -
Inference MBTI hate these questions, they truly are the bane of my existence, and study. I am not sure what I am missing, but I am just not accurate with these qu…
... a bunch of some statements throughout, ultimately finishing with a most statement. I ... most statement; the only way any sort of inference can be pulled out of ... , which would produce a some statement inference of the two "necessary" side ... -
PT28.S1.Q09 - political commentators see recent policieshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-28-section-1-question-09/ For this question I chose AC (C) but I circled this question because AC (E) got my…
... not appeasement because of the fact that most people disagree with ... because we just know what most of the people in the country ... the information we have about most of the people is what ... public opinion as proof of truth/falsity of a statement" flaw would still ... -
Lesson 28 of 40 Introduction to logic , @ 2 minutes 28 sec to 2 minutes 34 secWhen JY is explaining not ( group 4 Logical operator) he does not apply the not to the come home idea. i understand its function as a logical operato…
... indicator and "not" as the negation of "come home". In the second ... indicator and "until" as the negation of "you've made money". He ... same translation. I think for most people looking at sentences like ... and use "not" as the negation, since "until" doesn't evoke ... -
PT35.S4.Q21 - all social systems are based uponhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-35-section-4-question-21/ Between a/c B and C. Firstly I have issues with how the Conclusion is about labor…
... /> How you would phrase the statement, "All children go to school ... back to the meaning of our original statement about all children. < ... You'll find that the statement looks a lot like answer ... were negating B, then the negation of B would be "some technologies ... -
PT41.S1.Q08 - vervet monkeys use different alarm callshttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-41-section-1-question-08/ I was trying to find out what's the difference between C and D, but I still don't …
... /> Let's negate this statement. So, the negation would sound like this ... ask yourself if this (the negation of C), answers the question stem ... -
51.3.21 Most opera singersI don't see how E is MSS supported. Can someone evaluate my reasoning? Here was my diagram: Opera singers with demanding roles at young age MOS…
... vocal are most likely to ruin voices" then lack of vocal power ... sentences presents author's view of what the problem is.
of problem/explanation. I don't ... formal logic involved. The first most statement in your diagram cannot be ... -
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... my understanding that the negation test works 99% of the time, not ... a case of the 1%. It doesn't contradict the statement above ... they botched the necessary condition of that statement. If Hank's neighbor ... m missing a clear portion of the argument that would ... -
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... equating a contrapositive with negation. They’re not the ... negating a statement is entirely different. The negation of a conditional statement like ... question to negate the statement "If Hank's next ... and therefore the original statement (If Hank's next ... -
PT17.3.14 Many artists claim that...Can someone help me diagram the stimulus and find the sufficient assumption? What I have is: P: art criticism most /satisfy ---- C: art critic…
... . Granted it is not a "most" statement. Rather it takes that strength ... " statement (which we know all's fall in the highest extreme of most ... 's .. if all of something have a ... -
PT70 Section4 # 17 Diagram QuestionFor #17: Parallel Form I got confused on how to diagram it (I understood everything except how to diagram (Note: the way I diagram for these is usi…
... conclusion is a some statement because a most statement can always be reworded ... just a special type of rectangle. A most statement is also a some ... statement, it's just a special type of ... -
PT59.S3.Q19 - if understanding a word always involvesHi, I've looked at lot of explanations (I have starter so I don't have access to 7Sage explanation) and I'm still not able to understand this one. I…
... know the dictionary definitions of some of the words they utter ... then we can trigger the negation of the sufficient condition, that ... can’t infer this statement based on the information ... know the dictionary definitions of some of the words that they ... -
Negating/denying Universal quantifiersHey, I know that there were lessons on denying existential quantifiers, but I couldn't find one for the universal quantifiers... Can you please…
... /> I would think the negation of the first statement is:
If you ... D some /T.
- The negation simply stating that being a ... -
valid inferences. Help greatly appreciated!I don't think we can draw any valid inferences from the following two statements, but Manhattan LR says we can (pg.412) 1. Some cars are sedans, a…
... . They are just reiterating one of the statements using different words ... :
@"mc_meatt" said:
2. Most children play sports, and some ... have inferred the negation of one of the statements such as "Most cars are ... -
NPR just made a mistaken reversal logic mistake today. You are smarter than NPR.Check the first figure and what Bernie actually said. Free tuition --> most educated nation NPR: most educated nation -> ~free tuition it's half m…
... , contrapositive of their statement: some nations with free education --> ~ most educated. Would ... , it may slightly undermine his statement by showing that there are ... could account for having the most educated nation (that are not ... -
Negation of "few"I couldn't find where JY discusses this topic. Is the negation of "few," none and most? For example, Statement A: Few dogs are evil Negation…
... /Most", the negation of few is "none OR most".
So the negation of " ... no dogs are evil or most dogs are evil"
of "few", and more often focus on the "not most" ... component. Consequently, the negation is more likely to use "most" ... -
Demorgan Law: HelpJust some Confusion on statement with both "and" and "or" in the stimulus. For example how would I draw a conditional statement with a stimulus like …
... and Not B). The original statement and the contrapositive have the ... />
The negation of a conditional statement denies the truth of the conditional relationship ... . So, if you deny the conditional statement ... -
Demorgan Law: HelpJust some Confusion on statement with both "and" and "or" in the stimulus. For example how would I draw a conditional statement with a stimulus like …
... If you think of the logical meaning of a statement, you don't ...
Knowing the meaning of a statement is knowing how it can ... is true, then the whole statement is true, so both ... /D)
Note: The "negation" of the conditional is synonymous with ... -
PT13.S4.Q14 - some of the world's most beautiful catsDear 7sage community, Could someone please explain to me why answer E is correct? I can justify eliminating answers A,B,C,D, but not picking E. Mos…
... Let's assume that the statement 'Some irritating and beautiful ... then we have the following statement: 'No irritating and beautiful ... ' (No/none being the negation of some), which equals to ' ... , such a statement is false. Therefore, the statement 'Some irritating ... -
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…
Yes, the negation of "all are" is "some are ... negations, with a hypothetical pool of 0-100 elements, and how ... many of them are in each of the "some, most, many, all ... -
The "Some People Say" Principle [title has been changed!]I have been studying logical reasoning stimuli that include a sentence about what someone OTHER than the author says, usually near the start of the p…
... the "antithesis" statement. It makes a certain amount of sense that they ... something that ISN'T a negation of the conclusion is the example ... may not be a denial of the "robbed" claim. -
PT18.S2.Q23 - teachers are effective only whenhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-18-section-2-question-23/ Here is my conditional reasoning: teachers are effective ------> when they hel…
... applying the "until" group three negation and then seeing the NOT ... applying to the whole conditional statement (which I believe is the ... then do the logical negation of the all statement.
Not(Until ... -
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…
... one assumption who's negation would destroy the argument), ... Parallel reasoning (probably the most time consuming questions) ask you ... support is the same. Most of these questions will be ... these questions diagramming might be of most help.
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Answer choices with the word "SOME" for weakening questionsI am currently working on the weakening questions of this course. I ran into a lot of situation where the ACs have the word "SOME" in them. Sometimes…
... the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Which of the ... br /> b. Some of the people without rheumatoid ... of "SOME", it's the negation of the implicit assumption that makes the statement ... poutine.
Weakening statement: some Canadians hate poutine. -
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…
... that it's an existential statement. But that's it. ... equivalent to "some". Imagine that of all the people that exist ... ", then the negation of "many" would be equivalent to the negation of "some". But ... I'm saying the equivalent of "all people are born without ... -
PT53.S1.Q09 - global surveys estimatehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-53-section-1-question-09/ I could really use some help on this one. First, here's a quick breakdown of …
... results are not representative of the population then a ... the survey MUST be representative of the entire population. It ... it looks likes your analysis of the negation of "few" omitted the possibility ... way you went with, that most turtles live in captivity, ...
