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#92520
pbui5300,
"When to do templates" is a huge topic. There is some discussion of it here, including links to other discussions: https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/ls ... plates.cfm As even that link notes, this is only an introduction - the topic is so extensive that our LSAT Course devotes half of Lesson 9 to it, and the Logic Games Bible extensively talks about the idea. Besides those resources, any time a game is identified by us at PowerScore as one where you should identify templates or possibilities, it's a good idea to look at the forum discussion of that game to see why, in that particular instance, templates or possibilities were a good idea. The general question of when, in a new situation, you should do templates can then be abstracted from the features of those specific cases. Here's the list of all games: https://www.powerscore.com/gamesbible/l ... ification/ Anything we label "Identify the Templates" or "Identify the Possibilities" is considered by us to be a good game for those strategies.
For this game, a single diagram would be pretty empty of inferences, but I can note that only two bicycles are allowed to be the one tested by Y on day 1 and S on day 2. Once I determine THAT bicycle, the inferences get a little stronger. Further, the day on which T tests H limits the remaining spaces pretty well. The fact that a single diagram is bare of inferences, but that each template can be pretty fruitful for inferences if you just determine two things (what Y is testing on day 1 and which day T is testing H), makes the idea of creating 4 templates seem pretty useful.
Robert Carroll
"When to do templates" is a huge topic. There is some discussion of it here, including links to other discussions: https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/ls ... plates.cfm As even that link notes, this is only an introduction - the topic is so extensive that our LSAT Course devotes half of Lesson 9 to it, and the Logic Games Bible extensively talks about the idea. Besides those resources, any time a game is identified by us at PowerScore as one where you should identify templates or possibilities, it's a good idea to look at the forum discussion of that game to see why, in that particular instance, templates or possibilities were a good idea. The general question of when, in a new situation, you should do templates can then be abstracted from the features of those specific cases. Here's the list of all games: https://www.powerscore.com/gamesbible/l ... ification/ Anything we label "Identify the Templates" or "Identify the Possibilities" is considered by us to be a good game for those strategies.
For this game, a single diagram would be pretty empty of inferences, but I can note that only two bicycles are allowed to be the one tested by Y on day 1 and S on day 2. Once I determine THAT bicycle, the inferences get a little stronger. Further, the day on which T tests H limits the remaining spaces pretty well. The fact that a single diagram is bare of inferences, but that each template can be pretty fruitful for inferences if you just determine two things (what Y is testing on day 1 and which day T is testing H), makes the idea of creating 4 templates seem pretty useful.
Robert Carroll