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#40557
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15423)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question stem requires you to replace the second rule, which created the following relationship:
The rule itself is fairly straightforward, and operationally limits X from performing in the first few slots and W and Z from performing in the last slot. Because the wording of the correct answer can be difficult-to-impossible to predict, after quickly examining the effects of the rule, move on to the answer choices and consider each in turn. But keep in mind that the second rule is linked to the first rule via Z, and thus that the effects of the second rule extend beyond the immediate Not Laws created by the sequence.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. At first glance, this may not seem like a contender, but then again there is no immediate reason to discount this answer choice, and thus most students end up keeping this as a Contender and then returning to it after eliminating each of the other answer choices.
As mentioned during the setup, X is restricted to performing in either slot five or slot six. This occurs because X is forced to perform later than W, Z, V (because Z is forced to perform later than V), and Y (from the fourth rule). If you eliminate the second rule and replace it with the condition in this answer choice, X is again forced to appear later than W, Z, V, and Y. Thus, the effect is identical, and this is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect because the rule it creates—V
W Z—does not limit X in any manner, and because a new restriction is created between W and Z that did not previously exist.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice simply substitutes V for Z in the second rule.
With the first rule still in effect (V Z), this is closer to being correct than the prior answer, but now there is no relationship between Z and X, which would allow both Z and X greater range of movement than they had under the original rule. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice creates a rotating XU not-block. This creates a new limitation in the game, and also does not emulate the limitation created by the original rule. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This can initially be an attractive answer choice. While it matches the restriction on the placement of X, it does not limit only U to performing after X. For example Z or W could perform later than X under this rule, which is impossible in the original rule that is being replaced. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15423)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question stem requires you to replace the second rule, which created the following relationship:
The rule itself is fairly straightforward, and operationally limits X from performing in the first few slots and W and Z from performing in the last slot. Because the wording of the correct answer can be difficult-to-impossible to predict, after quickly examining the effects of the rule, move on to the answer choices and consider each in turn. But keep in mind that the second rule is linked to the first rule via Z, and thus that the effects of the second rule extend beyond the immediate Not Laws created by the sequence.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. At first glance, this may not seem like a contender, but then again there is no immediate reason to discount this answer choice, and thus most students end up keeping this as a Contender and then returning to it after eliminating each of the other answer choices.
As mentioned during the setup, X is restricted to performing in either slot five or slot six. This occurs because X is forced to perform later than W, Z, V (because Z is forced to perform later than V), and Y (from the fourth rule). If you eliminate the second rule and replace it with the condition in this answer choice, X is again forced to appear later than W, Z, V, and Y. Thus, the effect is identical, and this is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice is incorrect because the rule it creates—V
W Z—does not limit X in any manner, and because a new restriction is created between W and Z that did not previously exist. Answer choice (C): This answer choice simply substitutes V for Z in the second rule.
With the first rule still in effect (V
Z), this is closer to being correct than the prior answer, but now there is no relationship between Z and X, which would allow both Z and X greater range of movement than they had under the original rule. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.Answer choice (D): This answer choice creates a rotating XU not-block. This creates a new limitation in the game, and also does not emulate the limitation created by the original rule. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This can initially be an attractive answer choice. While it matches the restriction on the placement of X, it does not limit only U to performing after X. For example Z or W could perform later than X under this rule, which is impossible in the original rule that is being replaced. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
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