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Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11080)
The correct answer choice is (A)
The condition in the question stem creates the following configuration:
Due to the operation of the last rule, this configuration can only be placed in two positions:
These two partial templates eliminate the four incorrect answer choices:
Answer choice (B) can be eliminated because R must be displayed first or second.
Answer choice (C) can be eliminated because Q must be displayed third or fourth.
Answer choice (D) can be eliminated because Q must be displayed third or fourth.
Answer choice (E) can be eliminated because X or R must be displayed second.
Answer choice (A) is thus proven correct by process of elimination.
Note that in the top template, the other variables can be filled in as well. Because S must be first or last, S must be last, and because W cannot be consecutive with T, W must be sixth, leaving P to be displayed fifth:
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11080)
The correct answer choice is (A)
The condition in the question stem creates the following configuration:
Due to the operation of the last rule, this configuration can only be placed in two positions:
These two partial templates eliminate the four incorrect answer choices:
Answer choice (B) can be eliminated because R must be displayed first or second.
Answer choice (C) can be eliminated because Q must be displayed third or fourth.
Answer choice (D) can be eliminated because Q must be displayed third or fourth.
Answer choice (E) can be eliminated because X or R must be displayed second.
Answer choice (A) is thus proven correct by process of elimination.
Note that in the top template, the other variables can be filled in as well. Because S must be first or last, S must be last, and because W cannot be consecutive with T, W must be sixth, leaving P to be displayed fifth:
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