LSAT 88, Reading Comprehension, Q15, LSATHacks

RC Question 15 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: In our paragraph summaries, we said the biologists doubted Colwell’s claims because they thought 1) V. cholerae required a human host and thus 2) couldn’t be present in the seawater.

The correct answer would touch upon either one or both of these reasons.

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1. The scientists don’t claim this. .
2. CORRECT. The scientists didn’t believe that V. Cholerae  could live in seawater.
3. The passage doesn’t give the scientists’ opinion on this.
4. The scientists don’t comment on Colwell’s detection method.
5. This isn’t mentioned in the passage.

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