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#55811
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15077)
The correct answer choice is (D)
Through the Not Laws we have established that neither V nor Z can be paintings from the artist’s first period that are sold to the private collector. Consequently, most students correctly surmise that the remaining four paintings could be the first period paintings sold to the private collector. However, let’s systematically prove that assertion.
First, any answer choice containing V or Z can be eliminated. This process removes answer choice (E) from consideration. Second, from question #13, we know that S can be a first period painting sold to the private collector, and since answer choice (A) does not contain S, we can eliminate (A). Third, using the base diagram created in question #14, we can deduce that any of Q, R, and T can be a first period painting sold to the private collector, and thus the correct answer choice must contain those paintings as well.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. The deduction above eliminates every answer choice except answer choice (D).
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15077)
The correct answer choice is (D)
Through the Not Laws we have established that neither V nor Z can be paintings from the artist’s first period that are sold to the private collector. Consequently, most students correctly surmise that the remaining four paintings could be the first period paintings sold to the private collector. However, let’s systematically prove that assertion.
First, any answer choice containing V or Z can be eliminated. This process removes answer choice (E) from consideration. Second, from question #13, we know that S can be a first period painting sold to the private collector, and since answer choice (A) does not contain S, we can eliminate (A). Third, using the base diagram created in question #14, we can deduce that any of Q, R, and T can be a first period painting sold to the private collector, and thus the correct answer choice must contain those paintings as well.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. The deduction above eliminates every answer choice except answer choice (D).