Hi there! I would add to the previous post by saying that another way to strengthen a plan is to remove a possible weakness. It's addition by subtraction! You're strengthening the plan by eliminating a potential problem with the plan. So in this case, we see an answer written in the negative (e.g. X...

I thought this essay was very good, at least worth a 5 and quite possibly a 6. You perfectly described the disconnect between premises and conclusion. You include info that would strengthen the argument. Your writing style is very good, aside from a colloquialism or two ("a stretch" may be...

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Another way to think about this kind of problem (without doing algebra) is to plug in a number of "widgets" to represent the entire job. Since we're working with 4, 5, and 6, let's make the job equal to 120 widgets (a nice multiple of 4, 5, and 6). Job = 120 Widgets. Now, you're told that ...

I'd definitely be using the answers here. In general, when I'm testing out the answers, I start with the middle choice, answer C. What if Bob got $24? That's $4 plus 1/3 of what remains, so 1/3 of what remains would have to be $20 and therefore what was remaining at that point would be $60. Now, we ...