#15 - Global, Could Be True, Except

[Dave Killoran]

This game is also discussed in our Podcast, at the 36:54 mark: LSAT Podcast Episode 37: The November 2019 LSAT Logic Games Section

Complete Question Explanation

(The complete setup for this game can be found here: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=31747)

The correct answer choice is (A).

This Global question is perfectly made for using the three templates created in our main setup. If an answer choice Could occur, then it is incorrect; the remaining correct answer will have the characteristic of Cannot Be True.


Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer. This cannot occur in any of the three templates, and is thus correct.

Answer choice (B): This scenario can occur under Templates #1 and #3.

Answer choice (C): This scenario can occur under any of the three Templates.

Answer choice (D): This scenario can occur under Templates #1 and #2.

Answer choice (E): This scenario can occur under Templates #1 and #3.

[hope]

DAVE WHY CAN'T R MOVE AROUND JUST LIKE T? IN OTHER WORDS, CAN'T R, AS T, FIT INTO THE SAME SPACES OF TEMPLATES 1 AND 3? OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS SOMETHING I'M MISSING HERE. WHAT IS IT? THANKS AHEAD OF TIME.

[Robert Carroll]

hope,

R can move around exactly like T. Anything R can do, T could do instead, and vice versa, since they have exactly identical restrictions. Looking at the templates, though, in Template 1, X is with W or S, so can't be with R or T. In template 2, X is with S, and might be in F, but still wouldn't be with R or T. In template 3, X is with W, and again, might be in F, but still wouldn't be with R or T. So in no situation can R be with X, which is why answer choice (A) cannot be true (so is the correct answer). In all of those same situations, T could not be with X either, but that just does not come up in any answer. So R being everywhere T can be is not really relevant - T can't be with X. So if R can be anywhere T can be, it still won't be able to be with X.

Robert Carroll