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PT37.S4.Q17 - a year ago the government reduced the highway speed limithttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-37-section-4-question-17/ I tried to find out why A was wrong, but I still have no idea why. :( Why A can…
... traffic increasing and fatalities decreasing weaken the argument? If that were true ... were true, would that be an alternate explanation of why the ... construction?) That caused the numbers to go up, and now they ... are back to normal, or they could even ... -
PT 32, October 2000, Section 1, Question 12, Weaken QuestionI was struggling with the correct answer (B) and (E). Obviously, (B) is correct, because it points out the assumption that the route that polar bear …
... way from unfamiliar territory to points familiar to the animal but beyond ... the naturalists hold up is an example of a polar ... answer choice, and wouldn't weaken the argument that much. Of course ... fact, in this particular question, an OFTEN doesn't really cast ... -
Stupid idea but could it work???I've regressed back into my plateau range of high 150's low 160's. It's disappointing as I thought I had made progress and now I have around 15 of my…
... questions you want to return to in the 7sage LSAT ... :
Being able to teach something effectively necessitates a ... one of the best ways to learn more deeply. ... know well enough to explain to someone else, etc ... flaw in an argument is once I try to explain it ... -
How to improve reading speed on RC?Hi everyone! So RC is my strength and I usually only miss 8-9 questions on the whole section and that is mostly because I run out of time! If I h…
... allows me to make sense of the subject matter, argument structure, and ... I don't have to refer back to the passage. As for ... time to completing the questions; think of it this way: an extra ... RC. Experiment with some different ways to find which method works best ... -
PT20.S1.Q02 - a director of the rexx pharmaceutical companyhttp://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-20-section-1-question-02/ Ok, I am pretty pissed I missed this because I felt like I got it right when I did…
... of your own knowledge to bear on the argument.
... a weakening answer, we want an explanation for why the developmental ... /> Answer E almost seems to strengthen the argument because if the costs ... it brings up an issue you might have to deal with ... -
Strengthen and Weaken QuestionsSo, I've been taking LSAT courses and studying everyday for hours on end in preparation for my October exam. I took my 2nd diagnostic exam and did wo…
I can thank you now haha so do you recommend me to review all the answers once I finish or what? @DumbHollywoodActor, also any tips on how to actually weaken/strengthen an argument? -
PT58 S4 Q2I picked E but the answer is C. And I still don't understand why E is wrong. I think E also can weaken the conclusion since it says "The physical ef…
... keep warm by PUTTING on an extra layer..." this doesn't ... never says anything about WEARING an extra layer is what is ... it doesn't seem to really weaken the argument. Especially if you look ... at the argument being 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 …
... to consider an aspect. So for instance for #13 since the argument failed to ... leading researchers then that would weaken the argument? -
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 …
... you want to find an answer that the argument fails to consider that ... br /> The key to doing well on Weaken and Strengthen questions is ... to stay flexible. ... with flaws that the argument fails to consider, the correct ... -
OCT 1991, LR2, #16 (Please help!) Why is this answer correct?Hello, I chose E and can't really understand why it is wrong whereas C is correct. Can someone please break down the logic or reasoning behind thi…
... I imagined the flask inside an airtight chamber.. yadda yadda. ... achieved.” I looked for an answer that leaves the premise ... another about heat becomes irrelevant to the argument. (A) So there ... are not given enough info to weaken the experimenters’ conclusion with ... -
PT73 S2 LR - I really need some help with explanations on a couple questionsPT73 S2 LR - I *really* need some help with explanations on a couple LR questions on this test Question 9 (weaken) - Answer is C, i picked A Qu…
... relationship for granted. To weaken this, we want to provide an alternate reason why ... not. This is a bad argument. The author is denying a ... t be passed from generation to generation. Thus B sheds ... diff were because of adaptations to their environments? What if ... -
PT 69, Sec. 1, #14We debated this question for a long time in Group BR last night. While almost everyone got the correct answer, we were strongly divided about the act…
... think the key to this problem is an assumption. The author ... are other ways for a forest fire to start other ... we have any reason to believe that there are ... . There is no premise to support this, that is ... flaw could appear in an argument with a lot of ... -
76.lr2.21Is there a clear reason about why B doesn't weaken for 76.lr2.21? It can weaken by suggesting that those who completed the program were better to…
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C. Gives an alternative cause.
Also ... these children were above average to begin with, the increase ... was hard to explain. While B probably ... it does not weaken the argument that the increase was due to chess. -
PT20.S4.Q22 - gene responsible for manic-depression@Pacifico I tried to tag you in my comment on pt 20 s4 q22, but I'm not sure if it worked because your name wasn't highlighted like it is in this c…
... is just mocked up to appear to be a disagreement/method ... really just asking you to descriptively weaken the argument in the first ... discipline as being able to provide an explanation when in fact ... it just requires multiple genes to interact with one another. ... -
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…
... br /> It could hurt the argument. Or, possibly not. So ... hurt the argument? Probably not, unless you consider an additional 5 ... of caffeine to the currently consumed 130 mg really weaken the argument that ... t "too much" then surely an additional 5 wouldn't make ... -
Need help with a question type that isn't represented in my notes.Took super detailed notes so either I missed it in the course or it is not in there yet. As follows: "Which one of the following would be most us…
... Strengthen/Weaken questions, because they usually address an assumption made in the argument ... weaken the argument. For the wrong answers, either they are unrelated to the argument ... have an impact on the argument.
Let's say the argument says ... -
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…
... authors have a lot of ways to make wrong answers attractive and ... /> It doesn't need to strengthen the argument by a lot
It doesn't need to make the argument valid.
Trap ... singers", it ruins the argument.
An attractive trap would be " ... -
How to tell the difference between just argument and causation weakening questionsCould someone clarify the best way to tell the difference between weakening questions where the argument is a simple argument and where the argument …
... subset of arguments generally. You weaken every argument the same way - by ... can tell the difference between an apple and a fruit.
to identify them - this is possibly an instance of jargon ... it sounds like - it refers to "A causes/caused B" type ... -
Negating the Conditional Idea to Existential IdeaHello all, I was wondering what type of questions we’ll see that require us to pick an answer choice where we are negating the conditional idea or wh…
... JY says not to attack the premise on a Weaken question, this ... devastates an argument. And that’s exactly why they aren’t going to ... give you an option to negate a stated ... principle that allows the conclusion to be properly drawn. You map ... -
PT60.S1.Q13 - many economists claim that financial rewardsWhy is B incorrect? How does C weaken the argument? Thanks! https://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-60-section-1-question-13
... that appears to support the conclusion that to most people money ... .
We need to find an answer that weakens the connection ...
Answer B doesn't weaken because if you take away ... to consider! So it's not a fair comparison to the original argument ... -
Mastering logic gamesI'm currently working on the logic games bundle. While I've been getting -1 or -2 per game untimed I continue to test every answer choice even after …
... 'obviously correct' answer to such a high degree ... LR/RC to LG? Whatever the argument is for ... even parallel) path is to actually work on decreasing ... skills deficit by finding ways to avoid doing what you ... cannot ever imagine selecting an answer on any section ... -
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…
... reliable indicator of whether an answer weakens an argument or not. It's ... it relates to the argument.
I'll try to give you an example ... the argument?
a. Some inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis weaken resistance to ... -
[Spoiler Alert] LR Issues PT 69 - Section 4There were several questions in this section that seemed to provide answers that I could not seem to justify even after BRing, not sure if this type …
... introduce new concepts in order to weaken/strengthen. This makes pre-phrasing ... opinion, and allowing yourself to choose an answer choice with information not ... !
Conclusion of the argument: the reasoning (that buying lottery ... -
PT72.S2.Q10 - council chair: the traditional codehttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-72-section-2-question-10/ I have a quick question regarding #10 from PT72, S2 (the Parliamentary Procedure …
... to adopt an alternative code in this specific instance. (D) only pretends to weaken ... this specific argument, but is actually ... answer choice if the argument relied on the assumption ... always important, but the argument doesn't rely on ... -
Necessary Assumption - Negation Tests for Strengthen/Sufficient Answer ChoicesCan we reliably use the negation test to rule out answer choices that strengthen/are sufficient for the argument? e.g. https://7sage.com/lsat_expl…
... answer doesn't have to destroy the argument, merely to weaken it, I think ... answer choice has on an argument without having to negate each answer.
an argument to follow from an answer that merely strengthens ... -
What do you keep it in your brain when reading for RCHi team, I have been studying with 7sage for a month now. Learning a lot of stuff, but just want to do a double check, what do you keep in your h…
... to do it because in the end the passage is an argument ... )
Hate to say it ... reading RC. Read for argument structure and notate details ... RC confidence answering the inference, weaken, strengthen questions.
PT49.S2.Q14 - scientist: a controversy in paleontologyHi all, Find that I'm having a very difficult time coming to terms with the right answer choice for this question. I find that B makes too large …
... are plenty of other ways to get free use of ... non-uprighters were able to get just as much ... (D) only weakens the argument if (i)[the uprighters having ... ), so (D) does not weaken the argument.
Hope ... is definitely starting to make my head spin :)PT49.S2.Q14 - scientist: a controversy in paleontologyHi all, Find that I'm having a very difficult time coming to terms with the right answer choice for this question. I find that B makes too large …
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We are asked to most weaken the argument.
(A) isn't ... reasoning in the scientist's argument is that standing upright ... role in the scientist's argument. What does instead is ... terms, they want us to not differentiate. An early upright and non ...LR - Getting Bogged Down by Irrelevant AnswersHello, After about 10 PTs and many painful self-reflections, I came to the conclusion that the reason why I am having a major problem with improv…
... it leaves so many different ways an argument can go wrong.
... for, they’re going to throw all this shit at ... questions you aren’t getting to. Why waste your time ... on a question you tend to get wrong anyway? Do ... ’ll be more relaxed to break open the flaw.< ...PT69.S1.Q22 - company president: most of ourhttps://7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-69-section-1-question-22/ Hi, I have a question... I eliminated B because of the word "most." If this says…
... assumption here: that having an engineering degree and no experience ... since it suggests that having an engineering degree and no ... answer to this question is crucial, this can't weaken the argument because ... it still doesn't weaken the argument since it isn't ...
