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Question 13 is a Local question with T in 1. We need to then look to the most restricted variable (always focus on the points of greatest limitation), S, and see what would happen as we put it in 3 and 4.
Well, S in 4 causes a problem: we've created two holes, with the gap of spots 2-3 and another gap at 5-6. The WZ block would fill one of those, which is fine...but who fills the other? R and V would have to, and that is NOT fine. That breaks a rule!
So S in 4 is out, meaning S must be in 3 here!
Of course, that's the right answer choice (choice C), since beyond that there is nothing else that MUST be true: space 2 could be R or V, the WZ block can be in either 4-5 or in 5-6, and the other of R and V is in either 4 or 6.
Note: with Must Be True questions like this one, focus on the fixed pieces, as the variables that can move aren't absolute enough to be the correct answer!
Well, S in 4 causes a problem: we've created two holes, with the gap of spots 2-3 and another gap at 5-6. The WZ block would fill one of those, which is fine...but who fills the other? R and V would have to, and that is NOT fine. That breaks a rule!
So S in 4 is out, meaning S must be in 3 here!
Of course, that's the right answer choice (choice C), since beyond that there is nothing else that MUST be true: space 2 could be R or V, the WZ block can be in either 4-5 or in 5-6, and the other of R and V is in either 4 or 6.
Note: with Must Be True questions like this one, focus on the fixed pieces, as the variables that can move aren't absolute enough to be the correct answer!
Jon Denning
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