LSAT 110 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q13

LR Question 13 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Though many insects die soon after reproducing for the…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be True

FACTS:

1. Some insects die after they reproduce.
2. Others may live for years.
3. Some of the insects that live for years help to benefit the ecosystem. Bees are an example.

ANALYSIS: Pretty much all we can say is that some bees don’t die shortly after reproducing.

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1. We have no idea what the “goal” of insect populations is. Maybe survival of the individual is the goal but they are really, really bad at it. 
2. Who knows? We’re only told that some insects that live a while benefit the ecosystem. But it could also be true that insects that die young benefit the ecosystem. We’re not told that they don’t. 
3. This we don’t know. We only know they live well beyond the survival of the next generation has been secured. But bees might not live even beyond the onset of the next generation. It’s a different concept. 
4. CORRECT. Because if all bees that reproduced died shortly afterwards then bees would belong to the first group and not the second. 
5. Maybe? We only know that “many” insects die soon after reproducing. It might not be most of them.