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"if and only if" not the same as "only if", right?

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:35 pm
by WeX11788
I haven't seen a game with "only if" in a whiiiiiiiile but I've been getting a lot of "if and only if" and I want to be certain that a simple "only if" is not indicative of a double arrow <---->

J only if X should be diagrammed as

J ---> X


Right? Thanks.

Re: "if and only if" not the same as "only if", right?

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:39 pm
by Destined
you got it right. Whenever you see "only if" translate it to a "then"

Re: "if and only if" not the same as "only if", right?

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:54 pm
by niederbomb
"G helps move S if, but only if, H helps
move R."

PT 56, Game 2

Gs----> Hr and Hr-----> Gs

Right?

Re: "if and only if" not the same as "only if", right?

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:59 pm
by LSAT Blog
Right.

Best summarized as:

Gs <----> Hr