Q11

[LSAT-Chang]

I picked B at first but I guess passage B wont agree with this. For evidence for A, would lines 11-20 suffice? And from passage B would it be lines 53-55 be the correct line reference? Please correct me if there is evidence elsewhere in the passage...

[maryadkins]

Yes--those are sufficient lines to support (A).

(B) is incorrect because the author of Passage B would not agree with this.

(C) is incorrect. The author of Passage A says the opposite (line 21).

(D) contradicts Passage B.

(E) Passage B says nothing about this.

[Lsat 123]

thanx

[tommywallach]

The answer is (A).

-t

[tcobbin]

Why is C incorrect, even though the author states "Glyphosate has been successfully used," the author still states that some form of "integrated control" is still needed to control the population, which suggests that the control method is not completely effective? Thank you.

[maryadkins]

Saying integrated control is needed is different from saying that something is "very difficult" to control.

I could say, "I need an umbrella today," but that doesn't mean I think it's "very difficult" to find one or to deal with rain. If anything, the author of Passage A seems to think control is quite possible, it just hasn't happened yet.

Hope this helps!

[giuffre2180]

Looks like no one has replied to this section/question in a while so I might not get a response for sometime. But this question has been bugging me, as I choose B, and cannot figure out why it is incorrect. We are looking for answer the two passages would most likely agree with and Passage A would obviously agree with B, but the last line in Passage B I feel also agrees with choice B. Please clarify if I am missing something

[bluebeans]

I also felt inclined to (B) due to the mention of "wetland" in the last line of Passage B.

But if you look at how PsgB mentions the effects of purple loosestrife on wetland vegetation, you notice that he doesn't think it's that big of a deal. PsgB says the real motivation for everyone flipping out is the "economics of exploiting", which is now under threat b/c of a "decline in the production of the wetland resource." In PsgB, the decline of wetland is mentioned matter-of-factly. Sure, there's a decline, but PsgB doesn't really think its a big deal -- instead it mentions the decline only to explain its relationship to the "economics of exploiting".

If answer choice (B) read, "Its establishment.... has had an effect" rather than "Its establishment... has had a disastrous effect", then it would've been fine. But does PsgB really think the effect on wetland has been disastrous? Naah.