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Lawgic QuestionHello everybody, I was wondering if anybody could help clarify something for me. I am a little confused about diagramming the sentences with two …
... unless statement is pretty simple - the sufficient condition (WG) is already negated with ... ...", so you end up with the same translation as though you ... -
PT55.S1.Q21 - advertiser: most tv shows depend onhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-55-section-1-question-21/ The principle I thought was Premise: Not buy-> cancel Conclusion: feel worth…
... for a gap in the argument. You are looking ... the course of action recommended in the stimulus.
The ... one is right? Well the stimulus says that shows will ... only "unless one took certain actions". This is the wrong sufficient trigger because the ... -
Group 4 Negate, NecessaryThe example given on the cheat sheet states, No candy is bitter. pick either idea and negate it right? what about No candy? doesn't that mean candy…
... negating the sufficient condition (the left side of the arrow). Group 4 negates the necessary condition (the right ... side of the arrow ... all explained very well in the 7Sage curriculum. I'd advise ... -
PT62 S4 Q18 If there are sentient beings...OKAY WHAT IS THIS QUESTION????? I've looked it up on Manhattan's forum, cause they have most of the questions already written out, but I STILL don't …
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ANALYSIS: The contrapositive (remember DeMorgan’s Law ... />
Taking the contrapositive and applying DeMorgan’s ... only need one condition on either side of the conditional statement to fill the ... With us, then the only Way to detect its ... -
PT59 S2 Q19As far as I remember about conditional reasoning, if: 1. A-> B 2. C-> ~A I can combine 1 and 2 (~B-> ~A: Contrapositive #1 and C-> ~A) and tu…
... --> Athlete.
“None of the Lawyers are Banker’ translates: Banker ... are not lawyers.” Yes, like the Bankers. They are athletes and ... not lawyers. Remember if a sufficient condition implies two or more necessary ... -
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 …
... due to not knowing if the sufficient condition had to be met. ... possibility then it weakens the argument? The next one is ... actually affect the argument if its unclear that the sufficient condition has ... automobiles are not the cause of the pollution? BTW Thanks ... -
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 …
... worry about actually determining if the sufficient condition occurred, but rather focus on ... the strength of the argument? Should I focus on the necessary part of the condition ... in determining if it addresses the gap of the ... -
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 …
... example, the necessary condition is what does the most damage ... where the crux of the weakening portion is in the sufficient condition.
I suppose if the sufficient condition were to contradict something in the ... -
LOGIC, helpDoes anyone have any suggestions for how to memorize group 1 and group 2 logical indicators.
... but for me, the way I memorized the groups was through consistent ... I see "the only" I would say to myself "the only = group 1, sufficient"
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Just PTed, Aiming for February: What to focus on?Hey LSAT Team, I am aiming to take the February test. I'm almost done with the curriculum, have about 5 full sections left and some problem sets (…
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@Pacifico thanks for the thoughtful advice. I understand where ... or sufficient condition for a good score on the LSAT. Beyond that, the idea ... retake it's not the end of the world. I know this ... get out. You are just the the poor victim who had to ... -
Please help me with mastering MSS and MBTI've taken about 10 PTs + intense BRs (made an imaginary friend and explained my reasoning to that guy for all of my circled questions out loud) and …
... might be saying that if the relationship is:
the former, the magic shoes are a necessary condition. In the latter ... "a" is a sufficient condition.
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What's the difference between the two?All Librarians enjoy spending time organizing books. Since Susan enjoys spending time organizing books, I imagine she's a librarian. It is well kn…
... need be. The 1st makes the flaw of affirming the necessary condition which leads ... to zero conclusions. The second has ... % then it is valid since the sufficient condition is satisfied. Is this from ... -
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…
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The only flaw I would caution against ... hard work will never be sufficient on its own, we need ... is sufficient to get a better score. It's that the test ... />
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PT70 Section 4 #13 QuestionI was between B/E and choose B because I immediately crossed out E b/c of the term HIGHLY productive which isn't stated in the stimulus (but E was r…
... because neither the increased productivity is not the the only benefit nor the job satisfaction ... because it provides the increased productivity a necessary condition: giving employee more ... -
PT70 Section4 # 23 Diagram QuestionFor #23:Parallel Flaw like in #17 I had trouble diagramming a part of this stim. The stimulus says that: Almost every SP in the past had MTC Us…
... diagram it VB would be the sufficient condition to MTC.
... Additionally, the first statement "Almost every SP ... in the past had MTC" would ... and instead look at the language and structural relationship. -
More than 10 point difference BR vs timed PT!Hello folks, Here it is me whining again. When I BR, I score in the 160s but when I do timed PT, I can't pass the 146-147. I did most of 7Sage's vid…
Thank you @nordeend :) As for the BR, so am I not the only one who spends that much time? I always thought when people BR, they spend let's say only 2-3 minutes instead of 1:20 minutes which is allocated in timed condition. -
Translating "Results In"The other day, I came across a question in a practice test that used the phrase "results in," and I really struggled with the question because I wasn…
"result in" to me is actually [the arrow] " --->". So whatever is on the left of "results in" is the sufficient condition and whatever is on the right is the necessary condition. The same thing goes for "leads to" Et al. -
Difference in degree in answer choice should be compatible with stim: 38 LR2 #25Stim says: European music is sophisticated because it's intelligible The choice D says: unintelligibility and "most" sophisticated music is correl…
... on an airplane is sufficient to making it home ... gt; nec interpretation of the first sentence when that ... if we were to consider the "reason" as one - ... it that reason necessary? The only thing I believe for sure ... it is not solely sufficient. BTW this is not ... -
PT/BR StrategyI'm trying to figure out the best way to prepare for the LSAT between now and December. Now, I feel as if I'm doing BR wrong. My BR scores and my PT …
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On a side note, the only questions I would say that ... you can accurately prephrase/predict the right answer. So if ... clearly know the author of the stim is committing a sufficient/necessary ... mix-up, then you just know that's the ... -
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... you want " Some [of the sufficient] is not [the necessary].” check out this ... />
@lauren88 you were negating the sufficient condition instead of the necessary one. -
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... discuss issues freely (this is the sufficient condition, notice the "if") THEN a public ... discuss issues freely ( suff condition remains the same) THEN a public forum ... -
translating a complex-conditional into lawgic"Without strength or endurance, the fight is all but lost." This is #5 on the quiz on complex conditional translations to lawgic. We are to tra…
... br /> Without indicates the need to negate the sufficient condition, and in this sentence ... split the sufficient condition in the first translation and split the necessary in the ... have to negate the sufficient condition (or conditions). The tricky part here ... -
PT60.S1.Q3 - sulfur dioxide in atmosphereI translated the following into lawgic: ES and SPIL --> OS SPIL---> OS/e /E and SPIL Therefore, ES--> OS I don't understand why in the video…
... : the necessary condition is failed (via the first sentence), so the negation of the sufficient condition must ... be true.
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PT61.S2.Q15 - contemporary criticsWill someone explain to me why all the answers are wrong and why B is correct? I know it somehow links the premise and the conclusion, it's just so o…
If you contrapose the "principle" that Smith ... is no insight into the author's social circumstances ... statement cannot be understood. The conclusion says Smith's statement ... to (/understood)? By affirming the sufficient condition that the author (Smith) does not ... -
PT3.S2.Q04 - a work of architectureI'm having a hard time understanding how this answer choice follows logically from the premises.
... are completing a sufficient condition without comepleting a necessary condition. BUt i don ... 't see how that's possible given the ... or /I, but again here the necessary condition is satisfied. -
PT3.S2.Q04 - a work of architectureI'm having a hard time understanding how this answer choice follows logically from the premises.
The only thing that matters is the violation of the precept. This is because there ... is only one ... : the sufficient occurs without the necessary. So the first sentence gives us the general rule. The ... -
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?
... looking for: It seems that the necessary condition is failed: understanding a ... word doesn't always involve knowing the ... statement. Plus, this just fails the sufficient condition. The rule falls away and anything ... -
Learning from mistakesI've found that I'm very stubborn when I take a PT and BR questions. But the problem is when I review the question and listen to the explanation, eve…
... the correct AC is that it confuses a necessary condition for a sufficient ... one. The best trap AC ... by saying it confuses a sufficient condition for a necessary one. Then ... -
Translation confusionsFor the following statement "I only work on Tuesday," i translated it as Tuesday -> Work.. but I guess it's Work -> Tuesday. Not sure why. "Only" is…
In this case "I only" is "the only" which is a sufficient group one.
You can basically say, the only ... ://7sage.com/lesson/clarification-for-the-only/ -
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…
... /> @"Grey Warden" Here’s the relevant lesson for negation in ... :
Coffee is the only substance she consumes that contains ... />
Why? Because “the only” is a group 1 indicator ... or a SOME statement) with the necessary condition negated.
