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Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?f=166&t=8547)
The correct answer choice is (C).
This question asks you to find the additional piece of ranking information that will force all six crews into a single sequence. When this type of question appears in a sequencing game, the usual solution either takes a “front” variable and pushes it towards the back, or takes a “back” variable and pushes it toward the front. These answers are more likely to be correct because they create the most problems for other variables. Answers that keep “front” variables near the front, “middle” variables near the middle, or “back” variables near the back are often wrong because they leave many possibilities available, and are not good answer choices to start with. In this problem, answer choices (A), (D), and (E) match one of the above scenarios. Thus, if you do not have a prephrased answer in mind, you should start your attack on this problem with either (B) or (C).
Answer choice (B) takes G, which appears to be a front variable, and ranks it fifth. The problem with this answer is that G has a great deal of latitude in this game, and although it appears to be a front variable, G must only rank ahead of T, and since ranking G fifth forces T to rank sixth, the remaining four variables have several possible arrangements.
Answer choice (C) takes H, a back variable, and ranks it third. With H ranked third, R must rank first and S must rank second. And, because F
G T, F must rank fourth, G fifth, and T sixth. Thus, when H ranks third, there is only one solution to the game and answer choice (C) is correct.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?f=166&t=8547)
The correct answer choice is (C).
This question asks you to find the additional piece of ranking information that will force all six crews into a single sequence. When this type of question appears in a sequencing game, the usual solution either takes a “front” variable and pushes it towards the back, or takes a “back” variable and pushes it toward the front. These answers are more likely to be correct because they create the most problems for other variables. Answers that keep “front” variables near the front, “middle” variables near the middle, or “back” variables near the back are often wrong because they leave many possibilities available, and are not good answer choices to start with. In this problem, answer choices (A), (D), and (E) match one of the above scenarios. Thus, if you do not have a prephrased answer in mind, you should start your attack on this problem with either (B) or (C).
Answer choice (B) takes G, which appears to be a front variable, and ranks it fifth. The problem with this answer is that G has a great deal of latitude in this game, and although it appears to be a front variable, G must only rank ahead of T, and since ranking G fifth forces T to rank sixth, the remaining four variables have several possible arrangements.
Answer choice (C) takes H, a back variable, and ranks it third. With H ranked third, R must rank first and S must rank second. And, because F
G T, F must rank fourth, G fifth, and T sixth. Thus, when H ranks third, there is only one solution to the game and answer choice (C) is correct.Dave Killoran
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F G R (T, S > H) [notice how your hypothetical above isn't the only possibility here]