December 2007 LSAT Section 4 Question 25

The author mentions the egg–laying ability of each kind of mite (lines 20—23) primarily in order to support which one...

Shula on October 29 at 05:12AM

Why not C?

Why is C incorrect? C says "synchrony", which I believes more closely reflects what's mentioned in the passage. Meanwhile, what's the difference between C and D? They seem very similar to me. Thank you so much!

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Emil-Kunkin on November 3 at 10:29PM

I think that the synchrony part does mirror the passage, but a few sentences after the part that we are asked to consider for this questions. C is saying that they can lay eggs at the same time, in rhythm with each other. D is saying that they reproduce at the same rate. It's possible to be in synchrony (e.g. laying eggs once a weak every November) but to reproduce at different rates (e.g. one lays one egg per week, and the other lays 5 eggs per week).