#11 - Global, Could Be True, Except

[Dave Killoran]

Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?f=280&t=8537)

The correct answer choice is (A)

Answer choice (A) cannot occur, and thus is the correct answer. Under answer choice (A), there would only be a total of four works available to be selected, a violation of the condition in the game scenario that requires at least five works to be selected.

The remaining answer choices all could be true. Note that answer choice (D) is proven possible by the hypothetical produced in question #7.

[afinelli]

On this game, I got stuck on #11. I didn't think any of the answer choices could be right because all the choices could be true. The correct answer choice, A, I thought could be true because four French plays and one Russian play could be selected, satisfying all the rules (I think?). What am I missing?
Thanks for any help.

[Dave Killoran]

The "four French plays and one Russian play" scenario you suggest won't work because the answer choice specifies that "exactly one play" is selected.

Although I think maybe you meant 4 French works and not 4 French plays, that still won't work numerically. Basically, the problem with (A) is that you can't get to a total of 5 works; (A) only allows for 4 works at most (3 French novels and 1 Russian or French play).

Does that make sense?

[afinelli]

Of course. Thanks!

[Pandaa]

Relating to question #11, would this be correct for conditional rule #4?

Conditional:
Fn & Fn —> ~Rp

Contrapositive:
Rp —> ~Fn or ~Fn

If so, is this why would could select Fn Fn Fn, and because we select Rp we can’t select one of the Fp’s, due to the “or”? This is how I arrived at answer choice (A), because Fn Fn Fn Rn Rp would be true. If this thinking is wrong, I need help understanding why (A) is correct. I know why (B-E) is incorrect.

[Jeff Wren]

Hi Pandaa,

I'm not completely sure that I understand your question, but I'll try to clarify.

First, the fourth rule of the game states that if both French plays are selected, then the Russian play is not selected.

From your diagram, it looks like you have the rule saying if both French novels are selected, which is incorrect.

Second, the reason that Answer A cannot work (and is therefore the correct answer to question 11) has nothing to do with the fourth rule.

The game scenario states that at least five works must be selected.

In Answer A, no Russian novels and exactly (meaning only) 1 play is selected. This cannot work because if no Russian novels are selected, that only leaves the 3 French novels and the 1 play to be selected. This only adds up to 4 items, but the game requires at least 5 selected.