Q16

[c.s.sun5]

So I'm a little confused as to how the answer is (D). I'm not sure I even see the analogy. Is it based on the fact that they only found 20% and now the scientists are looking elsewhere for other parts of the universe just like how the child is asking other people for money?

I'm still a little confused on this question. If anyone can explain it to me, that'd be great!!

Thanks in advance

[cyruswhittaker]

I narrowed this one down to D through POE and reasoned along the same lines that you have indicated.

The neutrinos could only account for 20 % of the "missing" mass, but the cosmologists feel that this is a step forward, even though it doesn't account for all of the dark matter. They feel it will add to the overall understanding.

So it seems like there approach is built around the idea of finding more and more pieces of the puzzle, eventually leading to a more comprehensive understanding.

The best choice I could find that was analagous to this was D because the children get some of the money from their parents and then keep searching for more money to help them reach their end goal.

[griffin.811]

Man was that a reach, don't think I would have ever thought about it that way even if I had 35 min for this question alone.

Thanks for the help on this one.

[nbayar1212]

Can someone explain why A is wrong?

I picked A because the child is looking for information on chess and he or she then gets "a book" i.e. one book on chess. I figured that there is a lot of information out there on chess from multiple different sources so this was then parallel to the cosmologists getting some information on neutrinos but not everything they wanted.....

[513852276]

Finding mass of neutrino adds to 'our understanding of the role elementary particles play in holding the universe together'. A parallel analogy need to be a child interested in board games find a book for chess. However, board games include chess, five-in-a-row and so forth. Answer D has the individual-to-whole relation.

Can someone explain why A is wrong?

I picked A because the child is looking for information on chess and he or she then gets "a book" i.e. one book on chess. I figured that there is a lot of information out there on chess from multiple different sources so this was then parallel to the cosmologists getting some information on neutrinos but not everything they wanted.....

[HelenH783]

Still struggling with why D is the best answer. Relating this analogy back to the topic, I think it would make more sense if the cosmologists were saying "OK so neutrinos account for 20% of the missing mass-- let's plan some research projects to figure out what could be making up the other 80%." However, what the cosmologists are saying is that they're pleased with learning about the 20%, and this these findings may add to our overall understanding of how elementary particles help hold our universe together (I haven't paraphrased the last bit because I don't understand it well enough to do so.) I chose C, because it seemed to capture the sense of "OK this isn't really what we were hoping to get (all 90% of the missing mass) but at least this 20% helps us better understand the big picture."

ManhattanPrep, could we get an official explanation?

Thanks!

[WesleyC316]

D is so weird. The child is seeking money from his siblings. They're peers. The scientists in the passage are definitely not inquiring their peers in the scientific field. How can D be right?

[VendelaG465]

I didnt even know where to start with this question could we pls get an explanation from an LSAT expert

[AnnaT620]

Hello Team

Please can I follow up on how to approach questions like these - I always really struggle with how to approach these analogy question types. I chose (A) as the answer - why is this not correct? Why is (D) the correct choice here?

Many thanks!

[Misti Duvall]

Hi! This is a tough question. Analogy questions tend to be tough in general, and the best way to start is to take a few seconds to summarize (in your own words) the issue or relationship the question is asking about.

Here we're being asked about the cosmologists' approach to solving the dark matter problem in the last paragraph. In the last paragraph, the passage notes that some cosmologists believe that the new evidence about neutrinos could allow the particles to account for 20% of dark matter. So 20% of dark matter would be accounted for, leaving 80% to figure out.

Now to the answers. We need an answer that best approximates a situation in which part, but not all, of a problem is solved.

A) This situation is close, as the child is trying to figure out something (how to play chess). But she doesn't get a partial solution, she gets a book to instruct her, which is likely a complete solution.

B) This situation describes a failure to do one thing and a decision to therefore do something else, which is not the approach described in the last paragraph.

C) Also tempting, but not quite what we need. There's not a partial solution here; instead someone hopes for one thing, is disappointed, and learns to accept a different outcome.

D) This is it. There's a situation where a problem (getting enough money for the movie) is partially, but not completely, solved. It's more specific than the last paragraph in that the child then sets about a specific way of solving the rest of the problem, but it's still the only answer that provides a partial solution.

E) Totally different situation, in that it's describing a delay in doing one thing until another thing is completed.

Hope this helps.