Critical Reasoning

lunarpower wrote:
as usual, the best way to explain is by analogy.

James doesn't grow facial hair. Therefore, he is probably no more than 14 years old.

choice (b): Every boy I know who is 13 or older can grow facial hair.
--> if this is true, then it actually supports the idea that james is younger than 13.
but, if we support the claim that james is younger than 13, then at the same time we're also supporting the (more inclusive) claim that he's 14 or younger.

lunarpower wrote:i think part of the problem, here, is that the statements above aren't related to what is actually in this GMAT problem.

* in your first set of parentheses, you have something about a lack of European trade goods in camps after 1630. The passage doesn't say that -- in fact, it says the opposite: In all the camps from the late 1620s (and, by extension, onward), there WERE trade goods.

* In the second set of parentheses, you've also listed the opposite of what the problem actually says. The problem's conclusion is that the camp must be from 1630 or earlier (= "no later than 1630"), but you've written that the camp must be from after 1630. be sure to read the statements carefully!

However, the camp probably dates to no later than 1630 (C-I name it)], since no European trade goods were found at the site (A), and European traders were active in the region from the 1620's onward (B).

(B) At all camps in the region that have been reliably dated to the late 1620's, remains of European trade goods have been found.

there are no words for how awful i would look without my hair.

lunarpower wrote:i think part of the problem, here, is that the statements above aren't related to what is actually in this GMAT problem.