Remember, rather than blindly depending on indicator words, you want to always look at Sufficient & Necessary statement in context.
What is the point of the first statement? Is it giving us information about a country's manufacturing capacity being fully utilized, or is it telling us when we can have industrial growth? Clearly the point of the first statement is the latter. The part following the "If" is merely our overarching limitation.
It's similar to me saying, "On Wednesdays, the only time Sarah takes her dog out is when it's sunny." It being Wednesday is the overarching limitation to the S&N statement: if Sarah takes her dog out, then it is sunny.
So, the country's manufacturing capacity being fully utilized is merely the overarching limitation to the S&N statement that follows.
Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
BatmanSeptember 3, 2015
Amazing explanation!!!
jbartonSeptember 21, 2017
I think this explanation and maybe a few examples should be part of the course. I was about to ask the same question until I read this explanation. Thanks though.
jennealvaradoApril 16, 2018
Agreed! This explanation was fantastic and it really helped to solidify my understanding.
MoradMay 4, 2020
Great explanation - follow up: do overarching limitations get tested frequently or are they just present to add more context and all questions are testing the true statements assuming the overarching limitation is met?
Secondly, this should be part of the course for sure because overarching limitations introduce an addition to one's diagramming questions. While intuitive when speaking conventional English, it does not immediately make sense how to incorporate into one's diagrams. So it's very confusing to find this hidden in the video explanations of the questions, and it also makes one wonder how many exceptional cases there are to what was presented in the video lectures. Is there a reason the course does not cover this?
