LawSchoolDream wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:58 pm
Could you please provide an explanation for this one? And why each answer is wrong? I saw multiple that could be true
Hi, I’m happy to help!
If you haven’t seen the original setup of this game, you can find it
here.
The question stem restricts T to spoonful #2, which has some pretty major snowball effects when combined with the rules in our scenario.
According to rule 1, U must come after T. This automatically pushes U to spoonful #3.
According to our other rules, U must come before or in the same spoonful as X and in the same spoonful as either Y or Z. Because of these effects, four out of six of our variables are now restricted: T to spoonful #2, and U, Y/Z, and X to spoonful #3. This leaves only W and either Y or Z left to sort into spoonfuls. Knowing this, we can work through our answer choices to find which could be true as follows:
Answer Choice (A): This could be true and is the correct answer.
Answer Choice (B): With only two variables left to place in a spoonful, this is impossible to do. B is not the correct answer choice.
Answer Choice (C): If we put the remainder of our letters (W and Z, in this particular case) onto the second spoonful, there would be no letters for spoonful #1. Because each spoonful must have at least one letter, this violates our rules and is not the correct answer choice.
Answer Choice (D): We’ve established there must be three letters in spoonful three, so this is incorrect.
Answer Choice (E): We’ve established there must be three letters in spoonful three, so this is incorrect.
I hope this helps!
