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#40615
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13252)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This is the first Local question of the game. The question stem creates an MH block, which can be added to the sequence created in the first rule, resulting in the following relationship:
Because of the restriction on M in the fourth rule, it initially appears that the MH block must be second and third (and F must be first), or the MH block must be third and fourth (and F must be first or second):
However, if M and H are third and fourth, S must be fifth, sixth, or seventh, and since there is no room for the GP block to be earlier than the MH block, the GP block must be fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh. Thus, S and GP occupy all three of the fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, leaving no room for L (an alternate interpretation is that S and L occupy two of the fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, leaving no room for the GP block). This violates the third rule, and thus the MH block cannot be third and fourth. Therefore, F must be first, M must be second, and H must be third.
Because M must be second and H must be third, answer choices (A), (B), and (D) can each be eliminated because they attempt to put different variables into one of those two positions.
Answer choice (C) can also be eliminated because H must have been written third, not fourth.
With the other four answer choices eliminated, answer choice (E) is the only remaining answer choice. S could have been written fourth, and thus answer choice (E) is correct.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13252)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This is the first Local question of the game. The question stem creates an MH block, which can be added to the sequence created in the first rule, resulting in the following relationship:
Because of the restriction on M in the fourth rule, it initially appears that the MH block must be second and third (and F must be first), or the MH block must be third and fourth (and F must be first or second):
However, if M and H are third and fourth, S must be fifth, sixth, or seventh, and since there is no room for the GP block to be earlier than the MH block, the GP block must be fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh. Thus, S and GP occupy all three of the fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, leaving no room for L (an alternate interpretation is that S and L occupy two of the fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, leaving no room for the GP block). This violates the third rule, and thus the MH block cannot be third and fourth. Therefore, F must be first, M must be second, and H must be third.
Because M must be second and H must be third, answer choices (A), (B), and (D) can each be eliminated because they attempt to put different variables into one of those two positions.
Answer choice (C) can also be eliminated because H must have been written third, not fourth.
With the other four answer choices eliminated, answer choice (E) is the only remaining answer choice. S could have been written fourth, and thus answer choice (E) is correct.
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