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#32710
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=12412)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question asks for the author’s main purpose in writing the passage. The author has written this passage to present the question of what mirrors do, present two explanations, and point out the insufficiency of the second explanation, based on what the author believes is required of a proper explanation of what mirrors do and how they work.
Answer choice (A): The author describes two different explanations of a phenomenon; there is no real evaluation of any experimental evidence, but merely descriptions. Further, the two explanations are clearly different and distinguishable, but they are not diametrically opposed.
Answer choice (B): The author provides no demonstration; the different explanations are described. Additionally, both explanations are based on the same sort of observations, so this choice can be confidently ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (C): With regard to the front-to-back explanation of mirrors, the passage does not really describe difficulties that must be overcome, but rather an explanation that, according to the author, does not properly address the issue (because of failure to consider the observer).
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, part of the author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to point out why the front-to-back explanation does not sufficiently address the issue of what mirrors do and what happens when we look into them.
Answer choice (E): The author does not relate the support for an explanation to the acceptance of that explanation, so this choice fails the Fact Test and cannot be the right answer to this Must Be True question.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=12412)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question asks for the author’s main purpose in writing the passage. The author has written this passage to present the question of what mirrors do, present two explanations, and point out the insufficiency of the second explanation, based on what the author believes is required of a proper explanation of what mirrors do and how they work.
Answer choice (A): The author describes two different explanations of a phenomenon; there is no real evaluation of any experimental evidence, but merely descriptions. Further, the two explanations are clearly different and distinguishable, but they are not diametrically opposed.
Answer choice (B): The author provides no demonstration; the different explanations are described. Additionally, both explanations are based on the same sort of observations, so this choice can be confidently ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (C): With regard to the front-to-back explanation of mirrors, the passage does not really describe difficulties that must be overcome, but rather an explanation that, according to the author, does not properly address the issue (because of failure to consider the observer).
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, part of the author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to point out why the front-to-back explanation does not sufficiently address the issue of what mirrors do and what happens when we look into them.
Answer choice (E): The author does not relate the support for an explanation to the acceptance of that explanation, so this choice fails the Fact Test and cannot be the right answer to this Must Be True question.