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#38551
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15133)
The correct answer choice is (B)
If N is published in the fall, then K must also be published in the fall (second rule). By the contrapositive of the fourth rule, M must be published in the spring. O and P must both be published in the fall (third and first rules, respectively).
These deductions can easily be made using the chain relationships discussed above, and can automatically be inferred from Template 1:
These inferences eliminate every single answer choice except for answer choice (B), which is correct. Observant test-takers, however, would have chosen that answer choice in a split second, without doing any of the work we just did. Why? Well, if the question asks what could be true, and we know that L is random and can therefore be placed in either group regardless of the placement of any of the other variables, then answer choice (B) should be clear.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=15133)
The correct answer choice is (B)
If N is published in the fall, then K must also be published in the fall (second rule). By the contrapositive of the fourth rule, M must be published in the spring. O and P must both be published in the fall (third and first rules, respectively).
These deductions can easily be made using the chain relationships discussed above, and can automatically be inferred from Template 1:
These inferences eliminate every single answer choice except for answer choice (B), which is correct. Observant test-takers, however, would have chosen that answer choice in a split second, without doing any of the work we just did. Why? Well, if the question asks what could be true, and we know that L is random and can therefore be placed in either group regardless of the placement of any of the other variables, then answer choice (B) should be clear.
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