Is the orientation question in this game the best indicator that the five people should be used as a base? I lost significant time rediagramming this setup mid-game and I'm just curious if there is an easier way to see this.

I think the key to this argument is just recognizing, from more of a wholistic perspective, what it is saying: "There's a reason to do this thing to solve a problem, but we shouldn't do it because it will only make the problem worse." (C) can be eliminated because the answer choice does no...

Answer Choices: (A) The argument doesn't ignore this possibility, in fact, it suggests it. Eliminate. (B) Correct. The author reaches her conclusion that the plant could fire 10 employees and maintain output on the basis that the plant consistently operates with 10 workers absent. She overlooks the...

What if there is another best-selling brand of bait that was not included in the research firm's comparison yet is just as effective as Benton's bait? Doesn't the argument technically overlook this? Could this answer choice be correct because while maybe Benton's bait is tied for efficacy with anoth...

I believe that whenever a causal relationship is asserted on the LSAT we should view it as exclusive unless otherwise stated. So if an argument says A causes B, we can infer the the LSAT is asserting that A is the only thing that can cause B.

Keep in mind that Engle is saying that Mckinley assumes the outcome of a "double blind study." I think we can make a common sense inference that a double blind study will determine the efficacy of the drug being administered. Does Engle's argument (conclusion ommitted) make more sense like...

Would an answer choice stating "People who tend to trust others are confident in their own abilities" be sufficient despite not linking both premises?

The stimulus states: "the degree to which an artwork has an emotional impact differs wildly from person to person"- why would this not include connoisseurs? Shouldn't this include every homo sapien sapien existing in the universe of this question? I was thinking maybe the connoissuir's emo...

Wow, that's subtle- important to remember that Harriet Wilson did not write any of the works mentioned by name in the passage. Also important to remember that you need to organize the elements of the passage in your head, skimming will not cut it.

I got rid of (E) because I always thought correlations allowed for exceptions- the fact that good health doesn't always result from making informed lifestyle decisions is therefore not a flaw in the reasoning

Does this argument improperly assume that land animals evolved from amphibious ones? Doesn't the idea that life evolved from a Primordial Soup on land need to be ruled out?

The Mission: To weaken the argument's conclusion that the most effective way to lose body fat is to eat much protein and shun carbohydrates The Core: In a study a group of volunteers who was on a high-protein, low carbohydrate diet lost more weight than a group of volunteers on a low protein, high ...

The Mission: Determine which assumption must be true in order for the conclusion of the argument to hold The Core: Aesthetic value of a poem discussed -----> Possible for at least two readers to agree on the the correct interpretation of a poem ----------------------------------------- Objective...

The Mission: To weaken the argument of the psychologist The Core: Becoming angry often induces temporary incidents of high blood pressure + Easily angered personalities are correlated with permanently high blood pressure + Permanently high blood pressure is correlated with heart disease => Heart...

Task: Strengthen the argument Core: When a professor placed a case-study assignment for her class on the university's computer network, 50 out of 70 students printed it out => It is not the case that books delivered via computer will make printed books obsolete Gap: It's a jump to go from studen...

Our mission if we choose to accept it: Find what needs to be true in order to be able to conclude from Anita's statements that Marcus' general claim about traditional journalistic ethics is incorrect Core: In a typical case, where a journalist has some information but is in a quandary about whether...

Task: Identify what needs to be true in order for the industry representative to effectively answer the consumer activist's claim Core: The question stem only concerns the argument of the industry rep Because regional airlines have filled the void left by major ones, there are more flights into and...

Task: Find what absolutely needs to be true in order for the example of cancer patients provided in the stimulus to be relevant to reaching the conclusion Core: Dependence can occur without abuse (cancer example) + Abuse can occur without dependence => Defining addiction as involving both depend...

Core: Geologically quiet regions are distant from plate boundaries and contain only minor faults + No minor fault in a geologically quiet region produces an earthquake more often than once in any given 100,000-year period => Of nuclear reactors in quiet regions, those least likely to be struck b...

I think the key on this uniquely ambiguous question #1 is to isolate the core: Core Exaggeration of people's failure to live up to the very ideals they hold in highest esteem often forms the basis for successful comedy + People today place a high value on respect for others + Comedians today display...