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[soyeonjeon]

When the question stem states "each" of the passages, does it mean both of the passages? I was confused. I understood it as saying each passage, that is either one of them, and not both.
So I debated between A and D, since Passage A had answer to answer choice A and Passage B seemed to have answer to choice D.
Can someone please help me with this question?
Thanks.

[noah]

When a question asks about "each of the passages" you want to read it as each one of the passages, i.e., each one on its own.

Both passages discuss (E). Passage A discusses wetlands in lines 4-5. Passage B mentions wetlands in lines 64-65.

(A) is mentions only in Passage A.

(B) references literature, which in general is mentioned only in Passage B, though the specific literature cited in this answer is not mentioned in Passage B.

(C) is not discussed by either passage.

(D) is discussed only in Passage B.

[JenniferK632]

This question seems like a detail-oriented question to me. Any advice on how to most efficiently answer questions that you have to go back to the passage on?

[Laura Damone]

Yeah, "mentioned in both" or "mentioned in A but not in B" questions are detail questions for sure. I advise a first pass through the answers where you rule out choices you KNOW violate the condition you've been given. Then, take the contenders back to the passage to research them. Hopefully you'll be able to use your passage map as a guide and can locate the relevant part of each passage quickly. If you're taking Flex, you can also use ctrlF to search for terms, but be careful! This is a double-edged sword. Perhaps the concept is mentioned but phrased differently than it is in the question stem.

Hope this helps!