Q7

[einuoa]

I chose E for this question because I thought that the research discussed in line 20 could also be the "literature on purple loosestrife control," but would this answer be wrong because the purple loosestrife literature discussed in B doesn't explicitly mention that it's on the control of purple loosestrife?

Alternately, could someone explain why A is correct? I was initially hesitant because of the "furbearer productivity" mentioned in Passage A vs. the "furbearing animals" mentioned in Passage B. Would furbearer productivity be the same thing as furbearing animals? Aren't they talking about the productivity of furbearers in particular?

[rinagoldfield]

This is an identification question, so we want strong line support from BOTH passages for our right answer.

(A) is correct. Passage A mentions furbearing animals on line 12. Passage B mentions them on line 56. You’re right that we have to infer that the "furbearer activity" mentioned in Passage A refers to animals. However, this isn’t too crazy a jump given that the larger context of the sentence discusses wildlife and waterfowl (another animal).

(B) is half-scope; glyphosate gets airtime only in Passage A.
(C) is half-scope; only Passage B discusses economies.
(D) is, again, half scope. Passage B describes popular pollution ideologies, but Passage A does not.
(E) is also half-scope. As you state, only Passage (A) discusses "literature on purple loosestrife control."

Just remember that when a question asks for an explicit mention, look for an EXPLICIT mention

Hope this helps.

[jrnlsn.nelson]

(A) is correct. Passage A mentions furbearing animals on line 12. Passage B mentions them on line 56. You’re right that we have to infer that the "furbearer activity" mentioned in Passage A refers to animals.

Thanks for the input rinagoldfield. Yet, it doesn't say "furbearer activity" in the passage, it says "furbearer productivity." I also went with (E) for this reason. Question 7 says "Both passages explicitly mention..." How can you infer furbearer productivity to mean furbearer animals? Usually the LSAT is super precise, which is great because it usually allows you to knock out incorrect answers due to a subtle word or two. This question is subpar though.

It also mentions literature on purple loosestrife in passage B in line 37. I was more inclined to infer that the literature mentioned in line 37 was about purple loosestrife control rather than inferring that "productivity" was referring to the actual animals themselves.

[tommywallach]

Hey JR,

Just so you know, LSAT instructors only respond to green/blue accounts (current students or current book owners), so if you're wondering why no one ever answers your q's, that's why!

-t

[AnnaC659]

Hi,

I had a tough time deciding between (A), (E) because while I remembered that the rest of the answer choices were only mentioned in one of the passages, I couldn't recall clearly about these two. Of course, I could have read through the entire passages, but thought I didn't have the time to. I tried skimming but I didn't catch the words so ended up just choosing (E).

Looking back at it now, lines 33-37, "purple loosestrife control is portrayed... Accordingly, the purples loosestrife literature..." made me think Passage B mentions literature on purple loosestrife control. Is this an incorrect interpretation?

Overall, in this type of questions, where the lines aren't given but we must find an explicit mention of a word, I find it very difficult to do so. I wonder if there is an efficient way to do this.

Help!
Thank you.