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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13362)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks for the most likely sources for the two respective passages. The correct answer choice may be difficult to prephrase with precision, but the sources should roughly match the content; the first passage dealt with an economist’s discovery of currency trading in online virtual gaming worlds, and the second dealt with the specific types of trades that should be subject to taxation.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The first passage does appear to be written for a broad audience, and the second deals with specific tax ramifications. If this answer did not happen to strike you immediately as correct, it should at least have been retained as a contender, and then confirmed by the lack of a better answer among the other choices.
Answer choice (B): The first passage does deal with an economist’s discovery, but it is does not deal with complex issues nor does the author employ any particularly advanced or technical language, so the passage A source listed in this choice is questionable. As for the second source listed in this answer, a general audience might not appreciate the somewhat complex discussion of virtual world asset tax ramifications, so both sources presented here miss the mark, ruling out this choice as a contender.
Answer choice (C): The first passage deals with a real discovery of something taking place in virtual gaming worlds. This is not analogous to science fiction. The second author deals with very specific tax ramifications given different scenarios in the trade of virtual assets. If passage B were to be published in a technical journal, that journal would more likely be devoted to tax issues than to general economics.
Answer choice (D): Passage A deals with the discovery of a new form of currency trade but makes no reference to legal ramifications of any kind, so this article probably would not come from a law journal. Passage B deals with what should and should not be taxed and makes specific recommendations, which could conceivably come from a speech before a legislative body. However, unless both sources are accurate, this cannot be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): The first passage relays the story of an economist’s discovery of a new form of currency trade. This could play a role in a speech made before a legislative body, presuming that the speech went on to discuss how the law should treat such trade. Regardless, the specific tax ramifications and recommendations presented in Passage B would have no place in a science fiction novel, so this choice can be confidently ruled out of contention.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13362)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks for the most likely sources for the two respective passages. The correct answer choice may be difficult to prephrase with precision, but the sources should roughly match the content; the first passage dealt with an economist’s discovery of currency trading in online virtual gaming worlds, and the second dealt with the specific types of trades that should be subject to taxation.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The first passage does appear to be written for a broad audience, and the second deals with specific tax ramifications. If this answer did not happen to strike you immediately as correct, it should at least have been retained as a contender, and then confirmed by the lack of a better answer among the other choices.
Answer choice (B): The first passage does deal with an economist’s discovery, but it is does not deal with complex issues nor does the author employ any particularly advanced or technical language, so the passage A source listed in this choice is questionable. As for the second source listed in this answer, a general audience might not appreciate the somewhat complex discussion of virtual world asset tax ramifications, so both sources presented here miss the mark, ruling out this choice as a contender.
Answer choice (C): The first passage deals with a real discovery of something taking place in virtual gaming worlds. This is not analogous to science fiction. The second author deals with very specific tax ramifications given different scenarios in the trade of virtual assets. If passage B were to be published in a technical journal, that journal would more likely be devoted to tax issues than to general economics.
Answer choice (D): Passage A deals with the discovery of a new form of currency trade but makes no reference to legal ramifications of any kind, so this article probably would not come from a law journal. Passage B deals with what should and should not be taxed and makes specific recommendations, which could conceivably come from a speech before a legislative body. However, unless both sources are accurate, this cannot be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): The first passage relays the story of an economist’s discovery of a new form of currency trade. This could play a role in a speech made before a legislative body, presuming that the speech went on to discuss how the law should treat such trade. Regardless, the specific tax ramifications and recommendations presented in Passage B would have no place in a science fiction novel, so this choice can be confidently ruled out of contention.