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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…
... /> The problem with negating the conclusion in sufficient assumptions is the sufficient assumption is something ... be used for Necessary Assumption questions. In NA questions, if you negate the answer ... to the necessary assumption being negated. Let me try and ... -
PT63.S1.Q19 - anthropologist: it was formerly believed thatHi, So I'm not sure about the correct answer C... Why do we have to assume or compare the ancestors to Neanderthals? Why it's required? Even thoug…
... time blank (40,000yers and thousands of yrs) isn ... C is the answer though...)
Neanderthals and people ( ... The reverse (were never alive at same time) would be a sufficient assumption: ... .
To answer your last question, I'm ... -
RC: Infer questionHi, I found I miss points especially on this question. Sometimes we have to find info from sentences located in different place in passages...and…
... take note of the distribution of content in the passage (e.g ... information would be sufficient to entail each answer choice. There will be a couple ... missing assumption question, but the task is more like identifying the missing assumption and then ... -
PT36.S3.Q20 - critic: although some people complainHere's the link to the question: https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-36-section-3-question-20/ Okay. I'm confused why (A) is incorrect. Isn't…
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So, in Psudo Sufficient Assumption questions (actually any stimulus), its ... freedom of speech and legislation that limits the amount of ...
B) This answer choice starts out with "one ... at the same time recognizing it can be overriden ... -
PT54.S4.Q09 - the jacksons regularly received wrong-number callsCan someone diagram the logic of this question? I don't see where the latter part of answer choice A can be inferred from the stimulus?. https://7s…
... in information and lacks clear conditional language. The answers, ... "It would be laudable if the Jacksons passed along ... fulfilled the sufficient condition in the first part of answer choice ... There's your pseudo-sufficient assumption/principle. Hope that helps. -
Weaken Question Cheat SheetAfter finishing both lessons on Weaken Question I finished feeling overwhelmed by the amount of strategies to attack a Weaken question. We have three…
... to find an answer that possible says X or the assumption that X ... will be the most recent president, Trump must then be representing the majority of the ... recent president" is sufficient, and "represent the majority of the beliefs" is the necessary. Now ... -
Why does it take time to see improvement?Hi So I think I know the fundamentals of LR but I still miss questions on the ones that I should not have missed... I do choose very carefully wh…
... time but they tend to be soft.
Parallel reasoning ... by cracking premises, don't say the complete opposite of the premise but ... the answer choice will usually say something that points to this assumption and how the ... -
Necessary and Sufficient FlawHello all, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the difference between a necessary and sufficient "switch" in a flaw question (i.e., a condit…
The difference between a sufficient and necessary assumption is incredibly subtle, and ... sufficient assumption, the argument doesn't fall apart. For example, there might be other sufficient ... out the necessary assumption answer on the LSAT involves using the " ... -
PT24.S3.Q09 - the play mankind must have been writtenHey, guys! I'm just drilling a few weaken questions on my lunch break and I have a question about AC C. I eliminated it but I haven't found my reason…
... of the stimulus. But be careful, we take premises in the stimulus as true and ... almost always a weakening answer choice ... does not attack the assumption made by the author that the coin rose noble ... -
PT47.S1.Q02 - despite increasing international effortshttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-47-section-1-question-02/ I chose A for this and literally had to check the answer key three times becaus…
... an assumption made within the premises, look for assumptions between the premise and conclusion and expose the ... began). It will likely be the case that the rate will continue to ... is what ultimately makes (B) the correct answer choice.
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Is this doable?I just made the decision to take the Feb LSAT and apply to the University of Nebraska (I live locally and don't want to move, plus tuition is $15,000…
... and I have a family in public schools) compels me to answer ... 1 (already registered and PAID for the Dec 2016 sit), ... 've just started the Sufficient Assumption section (today) and it's quite ...
I'll still be assembling my application package (with ... -
Panda's guide to answer all SA, PSA, Strengthen and WeakenHi Guys, I think I have spent a lot of effort in coming this up and I want to share with you my hypothesis to see what you guys think about this …
... in the conclusion. And if you link them, there comes your assumption,
the same word will be in the premises and conclusion?
premises/support. The stimulus is just the paragraph of text ... -
PT63.S1.Q10 - ms. sandstrom's newspaper columnHi all, Blind reviewing the aforementioned Prep Test and having trouble with PT.63.S.1.Q.10. I almost never have these kinds of very basic questio…
... those sentences where they wrote the conclusion and premise together by only ... questions could be answered together. So this is a sufficient assumption question. Our ... task is to find an answer choice ... -
PT51.S3.Q18 - the flagellum, which bacteria use to swimHi All, Super confused by this question, mostly because I probably don't understand what the correct answer choice is actually saying. The argu…
... for a necessaey assumption and not a sufficient assumption. The question asks for ... the correct answer choice "B" is the assumption and the gap between the premise and the conclusion ... . Also if you negate "B" the argument will be ... -
PT62.S2.Q20 - earlier estimates of the distancesHi All, Any help with this question would be appreciated. This is a resolve the discrepancy question (arguably a strengthen or PSA). I'm going …
It seems pseudo sufficient assumption to me and I think it can be mapped like ... are younger
So the gap you need to fill ... in the argument is: if brighter then younger, as answer C ... says. Not sure if this is the correct way ... -
Weakening questionsThese are by far the hardest and most difficult type of LR questions for me. As soon as they turn into 3/5 stars in difficulty or greater I start mis…
... , you should be able to come up with answer choices that could ... all argument-based LR questions and a simple framework for all ... , sufficient assumption, method of reasoning, main point, argument part, should really be the same ... -
PT56.S2.Q20 - Psychologist: Psychotherapists who attempt to providehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-56-section-2-question-20/ I'm having trouble understanding why (C) is wrong in PT56.S2.Q20. I negated…
... Psychotherapy should **never** be provided in a context ... chance that the therapy might be less of ... sufficient assumption answer choice. The problem is, this is not a sufficient assumption question and ... we don't need C to be ... -
Beliefs v. FactsI've only come across this type of flaw a few times, but I'd like to understand the structure behind it. The explanation and example offered in the c…
... down fact. That's an assumption the stimulus makes. To weaken or ... . The shift is very very slight. We are given two premises. One ... or not. Seems to be the case with the original example I posted ... . That's where the gap is, and a right answer choice will most ... -
PT55.S3.Q24 - it is popularly believed thatCan someone please confirm that I have this chain correct? I became confused with the "cannot" in the first premise. Now I'm presuming "cannot" is mo…
... have the same conditional format as a sufficient assumption question and answer. Would that be safe ... that clears it up for the most part. -
PT53.S1.Q18 - when a salesperson is successfulHello- Hoping for some insight on question 18. When I first began my LSAT studying journey, I found flaw questions to be very straight forward. Th…
... the two steps to getting the right answer. You have to make sure the answer ... a flaw committed in the stimulus), and be sure that it ... wider look at the argument and see how the premises come together to ... saying, "What if this assumption that 'for a strong client ... -
PT8.S4.Q09 - it can safely be concludedSo I am still working on figuring out SA questions. I came across this question the other day in drills and have no idea how the correct answer conne…
... things: take a look at the answer choices, none of them have ... places except for (B), the rest of the answer choices talk about individual ... sufficient assumption would be something along of the lines of: Seclee and Martown have precisely the ... -
Sufficient Assumption QuestionsAny advice for breaking down SA questions into valid argument forms like JY does in the videos? The more questions I see, the more challenging it is …
... sufficient assumption questions like JY does. This questions rise to the ... would be to master translations in the CC and memorize the argument ... observation. It won't be the conclusion, of course, but ... The LSAT can hide an obvious answer choice with a flip and ... -
Weaken QuestionsWould anyone have any advice for selecting the correct answer choices for weaken questions? It seems that I still get stuck between two or three answ…
... tremendous section on Assumption question types, ... the evidence, premises, and the conclusion.
First, be sure to truly understand the argument the ... the premises and conclusion. Don't rush into the answer choices after identifying the C and ... -
increasing speed and improving fundamentals -HelpSo I have gone through the entire course and I would say it has helped greatly, before when I would do a LR section I would be getting 14-15 right un…
... rely heavily on understanding the relationships between the context and premises. And they make up ... , and outside of the curve breaker questions, you should be able to answer a ... as well as assumption questions (again breaking down the argument). I am ... -
What kind of drilling do you do to close the BR gap?Hey 7sagers! My BR scores are in the mid-high 170s (woohoo!), but my actual scores have been stuck in the mid-160s for a while now. I know the BR…
... . I just need to be extra careful and personally continue to build ... , premises/support, where's the flaw (where's the crux of the argument, the reasoning ... ) etc. Just kind of stripping myself of thinking "sufficient assumption ... -
Any advice for assumption questionsI am having the hardest time with assumption questions required and sufficient alike. I am getting it down to two answers; the right one and the one …
Sometimes necessary assumption questions are similar to sufficient assumptions where ... the answer before reading the answer choices.
But often, the necessary assumption ... is just something that is neglected and must be ... -
What Must be True, Could Be True, Cannot Be True - Conditional ReasoningHi! I have been working in the core curriculum for some time and there is something that I am not quite clear about conditional reasoning and its …
... (Sufficient Assumption Problem Set 2)
How can one translate answer choice ... that the proposed tax reduction package will discontinue daily story hours and ... particular tax package won’t be adopted?
Just trying ... -
What Must be True, Could Be True, Cannot Be True - Conditional ReasoningHi! I have been working in the core curriculum for some time and there is something that I am not quite clear about conditional reasoning and its …
... : PT 23 S3 Q14 (Sufficient Assumption Problem Set 2)
... the proposed tax reduction package will discontinue daily story hours and ... of the given conditionals, the tax reduction will not be adopted. ... , we look at the answer choices. D fills the gap.
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LR failureI have grown disheartened in the past few weeks as my PT scores but particularly my LR scores have fallen. I feel like every question has two right a…
... an answer choice when you check it for a necessary assumption question ... through the section and identify what the question stem is asking, what the conclusion ... might be the scope of the conclusion vis a vis the scope of the premises. We ... -
What Must be True, Could Be True, Cannot Be True - Conditional ReasoningHi! I have been working in the core curriculum for some time and there is something that I am not quite clear about conditional reasoning and its …
... : PT 23 S3 Q14 (Sufficient Assumption Problem Set 2)
... the proposed tax reduction package will discontinue daily story hours and ... of the given conditionals, the tax reduction will not be adopted. ... , we look at the answer choices. D fills the gap.
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