LSAT 128 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q24

RC Question 24 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Given the information in this passage, Sommerer and Ott are …

DISCUSSION: You can’t really prephrase this. Read the answers, narrow them down, and then use textual evidence to support your answer.

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1. We only know their theory demonstrates that fractal properties create unpredictability. This doesn’t support that they’d agree that determining whether a region exhibits fractal properties is impossible.
2. This contradicts the passage. In a chaotic system, the general destination is predictable (paragraph 4).
3. CORRECT. Supported by the first paragraph.
4. The third paragraph explains that on boundaries, predicting a path is impossible. This doesn’t confirm that it’s usually possible outside those boundaries.
5. The passage says the opposite in paragraph 4.