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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13362)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question asks for the relationship that is most closely analogous to the relationship between Passage A and Passage B. In the passages presented, the first author discusses the discovery of a new form of currency trading, while the second explores its tax ramifications.
Answer choice (A): These two titles seem related to one another, but their relationship is not analogous to that of Passage A and Passage B, so this choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): This incorrect answer might have been appealing, since, like the passages presented, the first title deals with the internet and the second title deals with taxation, but that is where the analogy ends. A good year for internet retailers has no discovery like that presented in passage A, and Internet commerce is very different from assets acquired in virtual gaming worlds. Since the relationship between these two titles is not comparable to the relationship between the passages presented, this cannot be the correct answer to this Parallel Reasoning question.
Answer choice (C): Many test-takers were drawn to this incorrect answer choice, because it does reference a discovery like the one discussed in passage A. With this answer choice, however, the second title appears to present a debate over the nature of the discovery mentioned in the first title. This is very different from the second passage, which does not question the existence of virtual world currency trading. Since the two titles presented here do not have a relationship that is analogous to that between passage A and passage B, this clever wrong answer choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Like the first title, which deals with a new species created, passage A deals with the emergence of a new form of currency trading. And, like the second title, which deals with how patent law applies to the situation referenced in the first title, passage B deals with how the tax laws apply to the phenomenon discussed in Passage A.
Answer choice (E): This incorrect answer choice was appealing for many test takers, because the first title deals with an economist and the second deals with the subject of taxes. This choice does not, however, reference a discovery or its legal ramifications, so this answer does not parallel the relationship between the two passages presented.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13362)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question asks for the relationship that is most closely analogous to the relationship between Passage A and Passage B. In the passages presented, the first author discusses the discovery of a new form of currency trading, while the second explores its tax ramifications.
Answer choice (A): These two titles seem related to one another, but their relationship is not analogous to that of Passage A and Passage B, so this choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): This incorrect answer might have been appealing, since, like the passages presented, the first title deals with the internet and the second title deals with taxation, but that is where the analogy ends. A good year for internet retailers has no discovery like that presented in passage A, and Internet commerce is very different from assets acquired in virtual gaming worlds. Since the relationship between these two titles is not comparable to the relationship between the passages presented, this cannot be the correct answer to this Parallel Reasoning question.
Answer choice (C): Many test-takers were drawn to this incorrect answer choice, because it does reference a discovery like the one discussed in passage A. With this answer choice, however, the second title appears to present a debate over the nature of the discovery mentioned in the first title. This is very different from the second passage, which does not question the existence of virtual world currency trading. Since the two titles presented here do not have a relationship that is analogous to that between passage A and passage B, this clever wrong answer choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. Like the first title, which deals with a new species created, passage A deals with the emergence of a new form of currency trading. And, like the second title, which deals with how patent law applies to the situation referenced in the first title, passage B deals with how the tax laws apply to the phenomenon discussed in Passage A.
Answer choice (E): This incorrect answer choice was appealing for many test takers, because the first title deals with an economist and the second deals with the subject of taxes. This choice does not, however, reference a discovery or its legal ramifications, so this answer does not parallel the relationship between the two passages presented.