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#55813
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15077)
The correct answer choice is (B)
As usual, use the rules to attack a List question. The best order to apply the rules is to apply the third rule, then the first rule, and finally the second rule.
Note that the physical formatting of this question is a good example of how LSAC can make things harder for test takers by neglecting to present the information clearly. If this question was formatted so the paintings in each answer choice were indented to the same point to the right of the private collector and museum, it would be much easier to compare the order of the paintings. Instead, test takers are forced to waste valuable time examining which paintings are from which period.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice violates the second rule because Q is from an earlier period than T. Therefore this answer is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (C): This answer is incorrect because it violates the first rule by selling S to the museum.
Answer choice (D): V must always be from the artist’s second period, but in this answer V is from the artist’s third period. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): According to the first rule S is from an earlier period than Z. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect because it places S and Z in the same period.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15077)
The correct answer choice is (B)
As usual, use the rules to attack a List question. The best order to apply the rules is to apply the third rule, then the first rule, and finally the second rule.
Note that the physical formatting of this question is a good example of how LSAC can make things harder for test takers by neglecting to present the information clearly. If this question was formatted so the paintings in each answer choice were indented to the same point to the right of the private collector and museum, it would be much easier to compare the order of the paintings. Instead, test takers are forced to waste valuable time examining which paintings are from which period.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice violates the second rule because Q is from an earlier period than T. Therefore this answer is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (C): This answer is incorrect because it violates the first rule by selling S to the museum.
Answer choice (D): V must always be from the artist’s second period, but in this answer V is from the artist’s third period. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): According to the first rule S is from an earlier period than Z. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect because it places S and Z in the same period.