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#40886
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15551)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question suspends the second rule, and asks you to find an answer choice that could be substituted for that rule while retaining the exact same effects as the second rule.
Because the second rule involves two separate conditions, let’s consider each for a moment:
Answer choice (A): Although this answer addresses the “H is not first” stipulation, it does not address the H
K condition, and is therefore incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice addresses the H K stipulation by using G (which is linked to K through the first rule). However, this answer adds in the additional consideration that F or M is first, and we know from our initial discussion that F, I, L, or M could be first. Consequently, as this answer eliminates I or L from first, it adds a new effect and is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): This answer places H into the second, third, fourth, or fifth position. This satisfies the “H is not first” condition, but because K is not referenced (And thus it would be possible for the GK block to appear before H when H is one of the later positions), this answer also fails.
Answer choice (D): This answer addresses both conditions above and does not add any additional effects. Thus, this is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This answer satisfies both conditions in that H cannot be first and H K. Unfortunately, it also adds a new condition, namely that F must be first (F is first or seventh, and if F H, then F cannot be seventh). This additional condition is a new effect of the rule, meaning that this answer choice does not satisfy the “same effect” criterion established in the question stem.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15551)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question suspends the second rule, and asks you to find an answer choice that could be substituted for that rule while retaining the exact same effects as the second rule.
Because the second rule involves two separate conditions, let’s consider each for a moment:
- 1.
H is somewhere before K (H K)
2. H is not first
Answer choice (A): Although this answer addresses the “H is not first” stipulation, it does not address the H
K condition, and is therefore incorrect. Answer choice (B): This answer choice addresses the H
K stipulation by using G (which is linked to K through the first rule). However, this answer adds in the additional consideration that F or M is first, and we know from our initial discussion that F, I, L, or M could be first. Consequently, as this answer eliminates I or L from first, it adds a new effect and is incorrect. Answer choice (C): This answer places H into the second, third, fourth, or fifth position. This satisfies the “H is not first” condition, but because K is not referenced (And thus it would be possible for the GK block to appear before H when H is one of the later positions), this answer also fails.
Answer choice (D): This answer addresses both conditions above and does not add any additional effects. Thus, this is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This answer satisfies both conditions in that H cannot be first and H
K. Unfortunately, it also adds a new condition, namely that F must be first (F is first or seventh, and if F H, then F cannot be seventh). This additional condition is a new effect of the rule, meaning that this answer choice does not satisfy the “same effect” criterion established in the question stem.
