LSAT 159 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q23

RC Question 23 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The passage provides information that most clearly supports …

DISCUSSION: The passage contrasts linear, nonlinear, and complex systems.

1. Linear systems behave predictably: similar inputs produce similar outputs.
2. Chaotic (nonlinear) systems are unpredictable.
3. Complex systems exist between those extremes, showing some predictability while also allowing change.

It’s hard to prephrase the answer for a most strongly supported question. You should just have a good grasp of the facts and avoid anything that goes beyond what we know.

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1. The same physical laws apply everywhere. Physics is universal.
2. It’s not that locating subatomic particles is impossible, but that predicting their collective behavior is.
3. CORRECT. The passage explicitly says systems like cells are partly linear and partly chaotic (middle of paragraph 3).
4. That’s the opposite of what was said. Nonlinear (chaotic) systems are unpredictable, not linear ones.
5. We can’t be sure about this. Linear systems are stable and orderly, so they don’t seem very adaptable.