June 2008 LSAT Section 1 Question 9

Which one of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the two passages taken together, but not from either ...

shafieiava on January 19, 2020

Text evidence for answer choice B

Can someone explain the text evidence they used to select answer choice B? What threw me off here was the mention of safe for humans. In the second passage I see that there is a mention of scallops, but other than that I don't see any explicit mentions on the effect on humans. Thanks in advance.

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SamA on January 20, 2020

Hello @shafieiava,

You are correct about the scallops, Passage B does support the first half of answer choice B.

As for Passage A, take a look at line 16. Barite is "used as an inert filler in some foods and is more familiar in its medical use as the 'barium meal' administered before X-raying the digestive tract." It doesn't say specifically that these practices are safe, but the fact that this substance is given to patients by medical professionals is enough for us to make that inference.

We don't need each passage to address both humans and marine organisms. This is why B is correct. It takes half from Passage A and half from Passage B.

kelscort16 on February 2, 2021

I know It states about how humans can ingest barite and does not have a real effect on humans; however, the question is asking what can be inferred from both passages together, not just one alone. The correct answer choice is only mentioned in passage A so what from passage B backs this up to be the correct answer choice?

Garrett on September 13, 2023

I'm wondering the same thing ^

Emil-Kunkin on September 14, 2023

Hi, line 55 tells us that barite can be harmful to marine organisms.