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#40626
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14136)
The correct answer choice is (B)
Although Rule Substitution questions can be tricky, this is one of the easiest Rule Substitution questions to appear on an LSAT.
The question stem asks you to replace the second rule with a condition that will have an identical effect. The second rule eliminates G from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered. This rule, in combination with the inference that H or I must be the first school to which juices are delivered, limits G to being the second or third school to which juices are delivered. Thus, we need to preserve that result within the juices row without adding any new restrictions. Answer choice (B) states that result exactly, and thus answer choice (B) is the correct answer. However, let’s look at each of the incorrect answers as well.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition further restricts F in a way that it was not previously limited.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition further restricts H in a way that it was not previously limited.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition forces I to be the first school to which juices are delivered and the fourth school to which snacks are delivered. This is an additional restriction that did not exist originally.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice appears promising at first, because it eliminates G from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered. However, it also eliminates F from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered, and that is not a restriction that existed with the original rule.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14136)
The correct answer choice is (B)
Although Rule Substitution questions can be tricky, this is one of the easiest Rule Substitution questions to appear on an LSAT.
The question stem asks you to replace the second rule with a condition that will have an identical effect. The second rule eliminates G from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered. This rule, in combination with the inference that H or I must be the first school to which juices are delivered, limits G to being the second or third school to which juices are delivered. Thus, we need to preserve that result within the juices row without adding any new restrictions. Answer choice (B) states that result exactly, and thus answer choice (B) is the correct answer. However, let’s look at each of the incorrect answers as well.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition further restricts F in a way that it was not previously limited.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition further restricts H in a way that it was not previously limited.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice does not restrict G in the same way as the original rule, and in addition forces I to be the first school to which juices are delivered and the fourth school to which snacks are delivered. This is an additional restriction that did not exist originally.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice appears promising at first, because it eliminates G from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered. However, it also eliminates F from being the fourth school to which juices are delivered, and that is not a restriction that existed with the original rule.
