July 2020 LSAT Section 3 Question 24

The observations reported in the second-to-last sentence of the passage serve a function that is most analogous to th...

JosephRocco on August 19, 2022

Question # 23

Could someone please explain to me why Answer Choice A is the correct choice here? I picked it and so got the question right; however, I'd like to hear why it is correct.

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JosephRocco on August 19, 2022

Sorry! It's Question # 24.

Emil-Kunkin on August 21, 2022

Hi JosephRocco,

In the passage, the observation of modern sand dunes are used to conclude that something in the past was similar, and from there to make a statement about how things were in the past.

A does the same thing, it shows someone using observations of the present to prove something about a similar case in the past.