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#41629
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=2813)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This Global question asks us to determine which presentation cannot be given second. If you are like most test-takers who solved this game, you did not have the requisite Not-Law on the second position. This would be unnerving given the prospect of trying out each and every answer choice. There is (almost always) an easier way to proceed.
Whenever you stumble upon a Global, Cannot Be True question that cannot be answered by referring to your initial set of Not Laws, you should first return to the List question and see what could be true. Here, the correct answer to Question #6 was answer choice (C), in which O is the second presentation. Therefore, we can safely eliminate answer choice (B) in Question #11.
Next, examine the local diagrams already made. For instance, our solution to Question #7 shows that N could be the subject of the second presentation, helping us eliminate answer choice (A) in Question #11. Also, the solution to Question #8 shows that S and T can each be the subjects of the second presentation, eliminating answer choice (D). Last, the local setup for Question #10 shows that O and W can each be given second, eliminating answer choice (E). With only one remaining contender, you can select answer choice (C) without creating a single local diagram!
Of course, access to the four templates outlined earlier would have made our task even easier. A quick scan reveals that P can never be the second presentation given, automatically validating answer choice (C). This is because the presentation on P is given by K, and if K gives the second presentation, she must also give the fourth and the sixth presentations in compliance with the Separation Principle. But, if K gives the sixth presentation, that presentation must be P, because neither S nor T can be given sixth. Therefore, P cannot be the subject of the second presentation:
If this question had appeared earlier in the game, it would have been helpful to add the P Not Law to your main diagram, so that you can refer to it when solving subsequent questions. Obviously, this recommendation is not worth much when we are prompted to make the inference at the tail end of the game, but luckily none of the earlier questions depended on it.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=2813)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This Global question asks us to determine which presentation cannot be given second. If you are like most test-takers who solved this game, you did not have the requisite Not-Law on the second position. This would be unnerving given the prospect of trying out each and every answer choice. There is (almost always) an easier way to proceed.
Whenever you stumble upon a Global, Cannot Be True question that cannot be answered by referring to your initial set of Not Laws, you should first return to the List question and see what could be true. Here, the correct answer to Question #6 was answer choice (C), in which O is the second presentation. Therefore, we can safely eliminate answer choice (B) in Question #11.
Next, examine the local diagrams already made. For instance, our solution to Question #7 shows that N could be the subject of the second presentation, helping us eliminate answer choice (A) in Question #11. Also, the solution to Question #8 shows that S and T can each be the subjects of the second presentation, eliminating answer choice (D). Last, the local setup for Question #10 shows that O and W can each be given second, eliminating answer choice (E). With only one remaining contender, you can select answer choice (C) without creating a single local diagram!
Of course, access to the four templates outlined earlier would have made our task even easier. A quick scan reveals that P can never be the second presentation given, automatically validating answer choice (C). This is because the presentation on P is given by K, and if K gives the second presentation, she must also give the fourth and the sixth presentations in compliance with the Separation Principle. But, if K gives the sixth presentation, that presentation must be P, because neither S nor T can be given sixth. Therefore, P cannot be the subject of the second presentation:
If this question had appeared earlier in the game, it would have been helpful to add the P Not Law to your main diagram, so that you can refer to it when solving subsequent questions. Obviously, this recommendation is not worth much when we are prompted to make the inference at the tail end of the game, but luckily none of the earlier questions depended on it.
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