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 lathlee
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#57187
Isn't usage of Otherwise in LSAT typically function as equivalent: If and Only if aka: :dbl:

cuz typical pattern in LSAT in Otherwise: If we go movie, then we will have a fun; otherwise, we will not have fun.
Diagrram version would be: A :arrow: B otherwise -A :arrow: -B (contrapositive B :arrow: A)

when the word, otherwise, is used in LSAT, the test makers test our understanding in such a manner by in a question stem state by -A or -B is given, what would occur in LG or LR Qs.
 Jon Denning
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#57769
It's always about the context of what's specifically being said, but in the movie example you give yes it'd be a double arrow.

What I mean is that the double arrow relationship depends on a reuse of the exact term (negated), and not something new, like: "If we go to the movies we'll have fun, otherwise we'll watch tv," as that would be:

..... Movies :arrow: Fun
..... Not Movies :arrow: TV (and Not TV :arrow: Movies, and thus Fun)

So it depends on how it's presented. But otherwise could certainly yield a double arrow, yes.

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