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How do you ace the really difficult LR questions?So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type her…
... importantly, it forces you to address any mistakes you ... stimulus/misread something, aim to do stimulus translation drills. ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... -
How do you ace the really difficult LR questions?So I'm trying to improve on my LR and I usually have the most trouble with the most difficult LR questions (4 or 5 stars). A common question type her…
... importantly, it forces you to address any mistakes you ... stimulus/misread something, aim to do stimulus translation drills. ... answer choices, try to do drills to identify any unwarranted ... that wants you to strengthen/weaken hypothesis, argument by analogy, common ... -
PT64.S1.Q17 - The mosaics removed from Zeugma?I didn't understand the explanation for the right/wrong answer choices on this one at all. Can anyone help? I initially chose (C) on my PT and I stil…
... weaken the argument by showing that they cannot return the item to the ... example, what if we have to consider social reasons? what is ... is a heritage that need to be preserved in a museum ... />
C. This strengthens the argument by showing why it is there ... -
Superprep A: Section 1, Question 1 (Dieting and weight gain)So putting aside the fact that I feel like an idiot for missing question 1....why is B incorrect? When I read it the first time, I thought it was cor…
... contradiction. They lost weight by dieting. To maintain their reduced weight, ... actually do still have to diet by eating less food ... the main conclusion of the argument. They can’t stop ... Powerscore rep seems to respond to every response given by a student. ... -
PT8.S4.Q11 - The sea population in the North SeaI don't understand how ac A strengthens the argument. Can someone please explain?
... are happening to other animals. So it strengthens the argument by showing that ... so A is the AC by using process of elimination. -
How do I know I'm making a reasonable assumption on strengthen/weaken questions?Hiii, I've gone through the CC and taken a few PTs, and I notice that my main problem in LR is that I tend to make unreasonable assumptions. Espec…
... weakening and strengthening QT to get stronger on them. ... correlation, argument by analogy, phenomenon/hypothesis reason for it to be correct ... . Try very hard not to bring outside information. Also, ... AC that will lead you to make more assumptions unnecessarily, ... -
Has anyone gotten PT92-LR Q10, 17, 19 right?I’ve attempted each of these questions twice and chose the same answers each time around, B/B/A respectively. Can someone explain to me why these ans…
... it strengthens the dentist's argument by "blocking" a rebuttal. I almost ... dentist making this argument, and someone speaking out to say " Wait, it ... new curriculum caused instruction quality to decrease. The referential phrase "This ... -
What made LR click for you? struggling.I take the November test and I'm still missing -12 to -15 on every LR section.
... : WHY it makes the argument flawed. The vast majority ... 's wrong with an argument whether it's flaw, ... you can read an argument and know immediately what' ... :
1. Learn the argument flaws
2. Really ... think it's easier to improve by getting them all right ... -
PT3.S4.Q23 - Evaluate the ArgumentCan someone explain why answer is A and not E? ####HELPPPP Thank you. **Admin note: edited title; please use the format of "PT#.S#.Q# - [brief des…
... no to it will either strengthen or weaken the argument. ... taking other special measures to prevent car theft (parking ... weaken the argument by adding several alternative explanations as to why ... explanations, which would strengthen the argument.
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Hunt Mode LR QuestionsHello Sagers, I have been really attacking LR recently and I am able to go -0-1 in BR but my focus now is getting that timed. I am wanting to save…
... been able to up my mid 160 score to 170s by using the ... of Reasoning, Main point and Argument part questions. I find they ... 're the easiest to prephrase/know what I'm ... 5 mins at the end to double check questions I was ... -
PT5.S1.Q7 - Two paleontologists, Dr. Tyson and Dr. Rees, disagreeCan someone please explain why A is correct? Here was my initial breakdown/reasoning for why I thought E was the right point of issue: Stim: Ther…
... the evidence (the footprints) to support their conclusion. They're ... , both agree, necessary assumption to argument they are both making
by Dr. R. Uses the footprints to determine gait. ... 're wondering how to get "D:"to appear correctly instead ... -
PT16.S2.Q16 - Researchers in South AustraliaBased on my understanding of the stimulus, the flaw is that the author is assuming that what was true in the past (CPUE is constant= X number of sha…
... it would still weaken the argument by showing that the premise - ... weaken this argument by showing that any other factor relevant to CPUE ... (E) still weakens the argument by showing that the author’s ... truth still weakens the argument by showing that the author’ ... -
PT17.S2.Q21 - Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in - Why is E incorrect?Posted this as a comment under the Problem Set, but am really unsure of why my reasoning is incorrect so looking for help. Won't add the question her…
... ACs are supposed to be additional conditions that the argument depends on ... it to mean a denial by assertion of the opposite or to ... if they conflicted there is by definition no way you would ... you eliminated everything down to 1 (by instead asserting the logical ... -
PT17.S2.Q21 - Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in - Why is E incorrect?Posted this as a comment under the Problem Set, but am really unsure of why my reasoning is incorrect so looking for help. Won't add the question her…
... ACs are supposed to be additional conditions that the argument depends on ... it to mean a denial by assertion of the opposite or to ... if they conflicted there is by definition no way you would ... you eliminated everything down to 1 (by instead asserting the logical ... -
PT15.S3.Q8 - Delta Green beetlesI don't understand how AC A strengthens the argument...so we can't see them when it is a wet year, shouldn't that mean that in '85 the observer would…
To make the argument's conclusion more clear, we have to bring out what ... questions than one solution to reinforcing our argument. By introducing a possible scenario ... provides a solution to a hole in our argument: why were more ... -
Necessary Assumption Questions Help!Hi everyone! I have a question regarding necessary assumption questions. I am trying to get a better understanding of NA questions, since this is the…
... necessary assumption by itself. It is defined by its relationship to a ... the validity of the argument. By doing that, I’m mentally ... true in order for this argument to be valid. It could be ... that argument, but it doesn’t have to be true for the argument to ... -
Always choose wrong AC pf 2 ACs in LR...Please Help!I have noticed a pattern for a while where I often am down to two answer choices in LR and whenever this happens I typically choose the wrong answer …
... What I then say back to myself: _'Increasing your cows ... comfort is equal to being concerned for your ... I can similarly strengthen this argument by mitigating this, I understand that ... no mention of "ThE KeY To MaxIMIzInG ProFIts" (*Insert DJ Khalid ... -
Inconsistent LR ScoringI took the most recent pt and scored 22 correct on one LR section and only 9 correct on the other section. Throughout my LSAT studies, my score f…
... pretty much irrelevant (except to get the right answer, ... .e. conditional, correlation causation, argument by analogy, etc.). With an inherent ... type is basically irrelevant to your understanding of how ... game works-- you need to draw out the gameboard ... -
PT93.S3.Q12 - Columnist: Vagrancy laws are supposed to reduce criminal activity, but they don’t.Why is the correct answer E and not C? How is the answer not attributing vacancy laws to that increase when they say "...increase crime while purport…
... of wrong answer tends to be harder to spot than the descriptively ... go ahead and "improve" the argument by specifying the what these "innocuous ... crime. But wait, the argument was trying to disprove the claim that ... -
PT93.S2.Q7 - Mu mesons generated cosmic raysCan someone break this one down for me? I am really struggling to understand how D is correct.
... laboratory (as opposed to generated by cosmic rays). They ... for Mesons to travel from our atmosphere to our detection ... to travel through our atmosphere to then be detected by our devices. Accoring to ... simplified version of the argument would be something like. ... -
PT93.S3.Q17 - Anarchist: People can either fight for anarchyCan anyone explain why E is the correct answer choice? I thought the premise sets out that we could only choose from anarchy and totalitarian governm…
... problem is that the argument fails to rule out that there ...
A - descriptively inaccurate. The argument did give us a reason ... anarchy and that the argument concluded that therefore totalitarianism ... think we could get to E by process of elimination even ... -
The statements above, if true, serve LEAST well as evidence for which of the following?Can someone explain the grammar of the question stem, "The statements above, if true, serve LEAST well as evidence for which of the following?" I'…
... that? Would be easier to say for certain if we ...
You can construct an argument by combining each individual premise with ... the reasoning of the argument takes place, not conditional ... Y, Z to produce a strong argument. Ie the weakest argument that results ... -
What is the best way to understand Necessary Assumption Questions?I am barely getting these questions correct and i am about to give up. Could someone please tell me your methods for approaching these questions caus…
... will be able to tell by looking at the argument form in the ... going to be expected to select an ac that can block the argument ... approach by negating the ac. If the negation wrecks the argument then ... -
PT8.S4.Q11 - a distemper virus has causedI don't get how (a) can strengthen the argument. It says "several species of shellfish and seabirds in the North Sea waters.." but how can being in t…
... the seal populations by two thirds). To strengthen this, we ... strengthen this argument by identifying more correlations to which the ... animals are disproportionally affected by ordinarily harmless health ... issue that contributes causally to the effects of ... -
PT25.S2.Q15 - Some plants have extremely sensitive biologcal thermometers.Hi, I watched the explanation for this question but I still don't understand why D is the correct answer over E -- so if anyone really understands th…
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E. Incorrect. Way to vague / potentially strengthening, doesn't ... seem to undermine the reasoning at all ... to do with Flower petals? The crux of the argument ... at worst is strengthens the argument by saying "your thermometer is ... -
PTC.S2.Q12 - Undoubtedly, one's freedom is always worth the risk...Was stuck between A and C on this one. A was right to me because the author seemed to "presume" that a person wouldn't value their life more than fre…
... here is an analogy. An argument by analogy is inherently flawed because ... So, when you see an argument by analogy ask yourself "but are ... ? It is bad practice to argue for a general principle ... way the author uses premises to reach their conclusion. Answer choice ... -
PT2.S2.Q17 - The advanced technology of ski bootsAfter multiple reviews, I understand why B conflicts with information in the passage. I do not understand why answer choice D does not. I see it as, …
... tried to do by picking C was to weaken the argument. You want to say ... no reason to suspect that the data given by the stimulus ... skiers does not seem to be due to **more accurate** reports ... we are not trying to weaken the argument)
Ultimately, ... -
PTB.S1.Q23 - Reasoning Behind the Correct AnswerIf someone could explain their reasoning behind how they reached the correct answer to this question it would be much appreciated. **Admin Note: E…
... a flawed argument by analogy. By comparison, you are more likely to drown ... only sit by the pool. This kind of argument overlooks the ...
Therefore, the necessary assumption to PTB.S1.Q23 is that ... must be true for the argument to work.
We ... -
PTB.S4.Q18 - In a study in which secondary school students...can you explain why this weaken question is incorrect? I chose answer C, but the correct answer is answer E
... from becoming teachers. We have to weaken the reasoning and answer ... to quit.
Answer choice C does not weaken the argument ... personality trait or are likely to develop it, and even ... , strengthen, not weaken, the argument by mentioning that in fact there ... -
PT79.S1.Q24 - Some computer scientists imagine that all...I was a little confused on why C is incorrect. The computer scientists simply say that they think they can make AI by encapsulating the information …
... the conclusion of the argument in this description, ... answer in order for the argument to flow properly.)
to show.
The argument is kinda ... argument by analogy
The argument the biologist makes is trying to ...
