October 1992 LSAT Section 3 Question 3

Fire ants from Brazil now infest the southern United States. Unlike queen fire ants in Brazil, two queens in the Unit...

Elizabeth25 on December 14 at 07:36PM

how is b wrong

from seeing the previous explanation, I can see how d is right, but I still don't understand why b is wrong. I didn't think it mattered if the Brazilian ants could or couldn't survive in the US.

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Emil-Kunkin on December 20 at 04:41PM

If the predators couldn't survive, then introducing them would have no impact. This is directly contrary to the argument, which concludes it would be a net benefit to introduce them. So, the author must believe that introducing the predators will have some effect, and therefore they must think the predators will be able to survive.