Hi, For this question, one would refer to lines 30-33, right? This section states that it would be not just likely but inevitable that (without appropriate safeguards), wells that penetrate both groundwater and oil or saline water formations DO contaminate the groundwater. While Question 5's stem st...

oh I think I just got it after re-reading the stimulus. the psychologists claim that "because dreams result from electrical discharges in the brain, they must be understood PURELY in terms of physiological function" and then the author undermines this claim by stating "But since dream...

Hi, I was wondering if you could help my figure out what makes E the correct answer over D? E states "It is used to undermine a claim that some psychologists use to argue against a view of Freud's" - what claim is that? The claim that dreams result from electrical discharges or the claim t...

Thanks for explaining this question. I'm still stuck on what makes D a better answer than A - is A off because we can't be sure that "the earths crust tends to crack" will lead to an earthquake (is that the outside assumption you are talking about?). And D threw me off because it specified...

Why/how does D not provide additional support for the paleontologist's conclusion? I didn't quite get LSAC's explanation - that D indicates that plants and microbes were not the ones to extract the Carbon 14 from the atmosphere (how do we even know that? just because it came directly from the atmosp...

I did pick D as the correct answer and I can see how it is clearly correct, but what exactly makes A go wrong? Would it be correct if it stated that "News that serves its intended function cannot be primarily entertaining?"

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the question! Can you please clarify which problem you're referring to? You've posted under Reading Comprehension, but your post title indicates that the problem is from section 2, which is a Logical Reasoning section. Let me know which one it is -- and what specifically makes answer...

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Why is C the correct answer choice over choice E? I felt like C focused on the evidence and E focused on the conclusion of the argument...

just need some help sorting this one out.

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hi, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around why A does not need to be assumed. I can definitely see how answer choice C is the correct answer, however, where does A go wrong? If A were false and topsoil erosion DID make farmers want to till more deeply, that would indicate that the argument's evi...

What's wrong with C? Thanks!

I got this question correct, but I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly why B is that much better than A, D, or E? Many thanks in advance!

How does B not weaken the argument? If the average age of applicants is increasing over that same time period that the number of apps to the PhD programs is decreasing, it could indicate that recent North American college and university graduates do in fact have an interest in choosing art history a...

Yeah, ugh that's kind of annoying having to sometimes deal with half-assed answer choices oh well, it is what it is (i just wish I didnt have to read through ALL five choices most times)! haha thanks!

that definitely helped! thank you!!

Thank you! Yeah if the concern then is to not have an overly confident witness, then I clearly see why a strengthening principle connecting this evidence with the advice given to police officers would be A. A - If A is true, then suspect lineups in which witnesses can hear one another identifying su...

if E was rewritten to say "presumes, without providing justification, that drivers run a risk of collision if they spend a lot of time on the road" would that be correct? or does the argument not presume anything related to that without justification because it does say that during the ext...

I understand why the answer is B, but how does C contribute to an explanation of the surprising survey results?

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Hi, I have a few questions related to this problem. How were we supposed to know that the supervisor expresses disagreement with the plant manager regarding B? He/She was not clear about anything in her brief comments - all she said was "...since the latest closed furnaces are extremely fuel-ef...

Hi, Okay, so this argument has me totally lost. If there is no relationship between the confidence the witness has in the account and the accuracy of that account, and if there are certain factors that can raise or diminish a witness's confidence with 0 impact on the accuracy of the identification, ...

Hi! Thanks so much! Very helpful to keep in mind that in a principle question "it's important to bridge the gap between the evidence and the conclusion." That was key in realizing why the other choices didn't fit. Thank you!