I have problems with the percentage and corresponding numbers int the stimulus: there is 900 died, how could the 222 survived acount for 18%?

Could any one explain the confusing numbers and percentage in the stimulus?

Thanks in advance!

What does B mean? I understand the flaw in the stimulus is conditional reasoning mistaken reversal, but shouldn't the correct answer says sth like "liquid water is not sufficient for the presence of life"? Why B adds some additional necessary conditions? I must have misread B or missed som...

I narrow down to C by elimination but when seeing "all" I hesitate. The corresponding scope in the stimulus is "widely separated...and diverse..common...", but does it equate to "all"?

Any thought?

I narrow down to C and D then choose D, but I am not quite sure why D is flawed: I think the abstract of the stimulus is: a new measure is taken, saves X (electricity and protection) but wastes Y (employee time). C: measure: order pizza save: nothing waste: time flawed because it saves nothing and d...

I narrow down to A and E then choose A as it points out the reporter's conditional reasoning flaw by simple language. But after the test I check back and find E conveys the same meaning as A but in convoluted language, now I am confused what's the flaw of E? I diagram the stimulus as follows: scient...

I narrow down to two contenders: A and C and they just differ in one word: "unwilling" and "not constrained"; I find both correct.

Could any one help and suggest how to choose between these two and according to which part of the passage?

Thanks very much!

I narrow down to C and E but neither seem completely correct: C: the author does not ask for "reappraisal", there is nothing "long-held " in the passage but "historical conenction among a group of writers" fits some parts of the passage (similarities and difference betw...

Thanks!

Hi mshermn, could you please give an example of "distort and argument then attack the distorted argument"? So that I could have deeper understanding of (A).

Thanks in advance!

I narrow down to D but it does not seem perfect: D: I have doubt about "the argument as a whole ", as the first sentence is background information, and second sentence is the claim in question, so the only part casting doubt on the claim is the last sentence(the conclusion), therefore I do...

I am confused by how to translate (A)’s "performing actions". I initially refer it to "not to destroy" and choose (A) but turn out to be wrong. Some people says because "performing actions" represents "destroying books"; but I wonder why can’t "performing actions" be interpreted as "not destroy...

I agree with chrisnyoder, the stimulus never mentioned problems cuased by dehydration therefore I thought it was out of scope.

Could any geek analyze (B)?

Thanks a lot!

You guys clear things up, thanks!

I choose D out of gut feeling. But C seems really close, could any one pinpoint what's the error in C?

Thanks in advance!

I understand E is obviously correct but still confused by D: it provides the possibility that the causality in the conclusion could be reversed: having heart disease causes anger--thus weakens the conclusion (anger causes heart disease).

Please enlighten me! Thanks in advance!

Hello mshermn, I narrowed down to choice B and D ending up choose B out of gut feeling. I find both are flawed. I followed your explanation of D's flaw: "(D) has a similar flaw to answer choice (C). The author states that the debate continues." then I find B would also be flawed, since the...

I narrow down by elimination to B and C, and find out C actually restates part of the conclusion thus I choose B. But I am confused by "abandon conventional agriculture" (abd) and "modify agricultural technics" (mdf): I diagram the stimulus as follows: Premise: biodiversity not d...

I narrow down to A and B, I understand why B is correct but get confused by A: "attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves." I translate it this way: attempts to use the consequences "the grass would die" to ...

I chose the correct answer, although I know choice A is flawed and exact opposite of choice D but I cannot pinpoint why the relation has to be the direction of choice D instead of choice A? I diagram the stimulus as follows: premise: sugar--> rid amino leaving trytophan-->serotonin conclusion:...

Can I diagramed "~RC + ~DS ---> PM" as: ~RC --> ~DS --> PM and "GC + DS ---> F" as: ~RC --> DS --> GC --> fertilizer --> pesticide? I diagrammed this way during the prep test and I picked the correct answer but not sure whether my understanding is correct....