#24 - Local, Could Be True

[Dave Killoran]

Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=9394)

The correct answer choice is (D)

The fifth song in the sequence must be a dance tune, and so answer choices (A), (B), and (C) can be eliminated.

If you made the inference that S or V must be played fifth, then you would select answer choice (D)
as correct. However, for demonstration purposes, let’s proceed as if you did not make that inference
during the setup of the game.

Without the inference that S or V must be played fifth, the difference between (D) and (E) is not
immediately discernible, so make a hypothetical for one of the two answers in order to determine
which is correct.

Answer choice (E) cannot work because it creates the following problematic hypothetical:

J98_Game_#4_#24_diagram 1.png

This hypothetical violates the second rule of the game. Accordingly, answer choice (D) is correct.

Again, note the massive impact that the ballad/dance tune separation has on this game. If you
identified that inference, then question #20 is easily answered, and 12 of the next 20 answers (on
questions #21-24) can be effortlessly eliminated. As is often the case in Logic Games, if you can
draw one or two key inferences, the game becomes much more manageable. The lesson is clear:
study these ideas and make sure that you can recognize them every time they appear.