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IMO, LSAT Q's are longer and tougher than GMAT Questions. You might not directly benefit from them but you will indirectly benefit from them as you work more.

A is my pick as well.

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:58 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Ancient language
Replies: 6
Views: 2765

To me this is a causation question. Shortage of competition among banks -> high interest rates on personal loans We are asked to weaken the conclusion X is causing Y we need an answer that says Z is causing Y A exactly does that. In D the Y part is missing. It just makes a statement leaving it to th...

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Consumers in California seeking personal loans have fewer
Replies: 17
Views: 9279

Excellent explanation Stuart. I picked D too because Female birds can decide whether a male bird is health or not depending on the visible symptoms.

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:46 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: The male sage grouse
Replies: 13
Views: 3302

Airlines and discounted tickets

Several airlines have recently intensified their fierce competition for business by offering tickets that, if purchased 2 days in advance, cost as much as 40 percent less than the heretofore lowest-priced “super-saver” tickets, which require a 30-day advance purchase. The airlines’ long-term gains f...

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:42 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Airlines and discounted tickets
Replies: 8
Views: 2147

Food in United states

From 1965 to 1988, spending on food in the United States climbed 46 percent. But over that same period, spending on food to be consumed at home — purchased mainly from supermarkets — grew by only 20 percent. Which of the following statements about the period from 1965 to 1988 in the United States is...

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:36 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Food in United states
Replies: 7
Views: 2898

Astronomer Bolte

Astronomer Michael Bolte has found considerable variation in the ages of globular clusters. One of the clusters studied by Bolte is 2 billion years older than most other clusters in the galaxy, while another is 2 billion years younger. A colleague of Bolte contends that the cluster called Palomar 12...

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:33 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Astronomer Bolte
Replies: 13
Views: 3747

D uses present perfect and changes the meaning.

IMO A is the best of the lot.

by chidcguy

Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:44 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Science of Economics- 1000 SC
Replies: 14
Views: 5944

Another reason why D is my pick is Assumption and conclusion are close to each other. D does not even talk about the regulations or the AP reduction that resulted from those regulations on local industry. bird increase is just evidence thats not the goal. With E, its saying that the evidence was mis...

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:20 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: cant understand..air pollution
Replies: 47
Views: 28785

Some one correct me if I am wrong. distinguish X from Y, for X and Y that are similar distinguish original painting from a fake painting. But both of them are paintings Distinguish between X and Y, for X & Y that are different. distinguish between cats and dogs (We can distinguish between cats a...

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:24 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: idiom usage
Replies: 13
Views: 5159

The correct answer choice should have I and should not have II, Which leaves us with A & B

It can't be B because it reverses the info we know from the stimulus.

We know that Most civil service employees are Govt workers. III does the polar opposite.

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:09 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: govt workers
Replies: 5
Views: 1870

Yep E is my pick. The stimulus considers the extremes. Students who have intense interest and students who do not have any interest at all.

What about the students in the middle?

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: teachers claim
Replies: 5
Views: 1810

Re: Zoos and Aquariums

IMO - B SO, the argument does not state the number of vacationers going to "pure aquariums" or to "zoos". But, argument does says, the number of vacationers coming to "pure acquriums" form half of "pure acquariums" visitors, and a fourth for "zoos",...

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:56 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Zoos and Aquariums
Replies: 21
Views: 9334

(A) In most major cities, air-pollution problems are caused almost entirely by local industry. What if AP problems are not caused by local industry? no need to impose regulations and conclusion falls apart (B) Air-pollution regulations on industry have a significant impact on the quality of the air....

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: cant understand..air pollution
Replies: 47
Views: 28785

Its internships or jobs

The argument is saying school taught them stuff that helped these people land those internships or jobs

A is opening up the possibility that they might have learned some thing at school but the jobs/internships are because of their contacts and experience

by chidcguy

Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Hyperion School
Replies: 15
Views: 3541

I initially picked E but switched to A because I felt that A maintains parallelism even though its not concise one of the strangest and most insidious of the Apparently I was wrong, because of the is not before the most insidious any more. one of the strangest and most insidious itself is parallel a...

by chidcguy

Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: kuru
Replies: 5
Views: 4161