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Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=8561)
The correct answer choice is (D)
The question asks us to determine a pair of buildings that cannot both have been owned by the Trents. Since each answer choice contains a only two buildings, the 2-2-1 distribution applies. Since the Templates represent an exhaustive range of solutions, eliminating the four answer choices that could be true should be a relatively simple task. If you decided against the use of templates, you would need to identify an answer choice that violates at least one of the three rules, which would be significantly more time-consuming.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both F and G without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 3A.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both G and M without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 3A.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both G and S without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 2A.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, as none of the 2-2-1 templates allow the Trents to have owned both I and M. Here’s why:
If the Trents owned both I and M, and two is the maximum number of buildings that they could have owned, then the Trents cannot have owned the stable. To comply with the third rule, the Yandells must have owned I, which cannot be true since the Trents own I. Answer choice (D) cannot be true, because it violates the last rule of the game.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both I and S without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 1A.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=8561)
The correct answer choice is (D)
The question asks us to determine a pair of buildings that cannot both have been owned by the Trents. Since each answer choice contains a only two buildings, the 2-2-1 distribution applies. Since the Templates represent an exhaustive range of solutions, eliminating the four answer choices that could be true should be a relatively simple task. If you decided against the use of templates, you would need to identify an answer choice that violates at least one of the three rules, which would be significantly more time-consuming.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both F and G without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 3A.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both G and M without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 3A.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both G and S without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 2A.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, as none of the 2-2-1 templates allow the Trents to have owned both I and M. Here’s why:
If the Trents owned both I and M, and two is the maximum number of buildings that they could have owned, then the Trents cannot have owned the stable. To comply with the third rule, the Yandells must have owned I, which cannot be true since the Trents own I. Answer choice (D) cannot be true, because it violates the last rule of the game.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is incorrect, because the Trents could have owned both I and S without violating any of the rules, as shown in Template 1A.