gmatCuck
Hi All, I am currrently on week 2 of the study plan and solving the assumption CR questions To put it forth along with my frustration, I just don’t get what to look for in assumption questions
You have to look at what is "unstated"
Let me give an example:
Mark is the best baker in New York. There is a baking competition in New York next week. As Mark is the best baker, he will surely win the competition.
While this might seem like a perfectly logical sentence, there are actually an infinite number of assumptions made in bridigng the premise (mark is the best baker) to the conclusion (mark will win)
One such assumption, is that we have assumed that mark will attend the competition - he cannot win if he doesnt attend
With that small example, you can list an endless number of assumptions - but the key point is that they are unstated, but necessary for the argument to reach its conclusion.
As for how to actually solve
You can try the negation technique. Take the opposite of statements, and see how the argument behaves in light of it