LSAT 128 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q27

RC Question 27 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Which one of the following best defines the term “basins of attraction” …

DISCUSSION: The passage doesn’t explicitly define the term, but it explains it in the context of water flow (paragraph 2).

When water is spilled on a landmass surrounded by two bodies of water, it will eventually reach one of these two bodies. The basin of attraction for a body of water is an area that always directs the water to that specific body. So you can predict the destination of the water.

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1. It doesn’t say the path is always unpredictable, just that the destination is predictable.
2. We only know we can predict the destination, not the path.
3. The concept is related to where water ultimately flows, not whether the land has physical irregularities.
4. CORRECT. The end of paragraph 2 justifies this.
    
   One way to imagine this is if you have two lakes, and land in the middle. The “basin of attraction” for one of the lakes is every point on the land where if you place water, it will run down to that lake.
5. Too strong. A basin of attraction directs water to a particular body of water, but not necessarily the exact same point within that body.