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Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10929)
The correct answer choice is (D)
If slot 1 is occupied by the only I feature in the newsletter, then there would be no F or T features according to the second rule.
However, just because slot 1 is occupied by the only I feature in the newsletter does not mean that this feature would occupy slot 1 only! Remember—a single feature can occupy up to three consecutively numbered slots in accordance with the first rule. We just need to make sure that there are at least three features in total, so each of the other two (or more) features need to be M. The following solutions are therefore possible:
Answer choice (A) is incorrect, because the I feature need not occupy slot 2.
Answer choice (B) is incorrect, because the I feature need not occupy slots 2 or 3. Either (or both) of them can be occupied by an M feature. See first solution above.
Answer choice (C) is incorrect because an M feature could, but does not need to, occupy slots 2 or 3. Both slots can be occupied by the single I feature that also occupies slot 1. See third solution above.
Answer choice (D) is the correct answer choice, as suggested by the three solutions outlined above: there is an M feature that occupies one or more of slots 2, 3, and 4 in each of these solutions.
Another way to prove this would be to examine what would happen if an M feature did not occupy any of the slots 2, 3, or 4. Since there are no F or T features in this issue of the newsletter, the only feature remaining to occupy these three slots would be the single I feature that also occupies slot 1. However, a single feature cannot span more than three consecutively numbered slots, as discussed earlier, because the newsletter requires at least three features in total. (Graphics are not features, so even if the I feature occupies slots 1—3 only, with a graphic in slot 4, slots 1—4 would still contain only one feature!) So, the maximum number of features in such an issue of the newsletter would be two, and not three:
Clearly, then, an M feature must occupy at least one of slots 2, 3, or 4.
Answer choice (E) is incorrect, because an M feature need not occupy either slot 3 or slot 5: these slots would simply not be occupied by any features, and would therefore contain graphics. We would still have at least three features, as long as slots 2 and 4 are occupied by two separate M features:
Such a solution would not violate any of the rules in the game, suggesting that answer choice (E) does not need to be true.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10929)
The correct answer choice is (D)
If slot 1 is occupied by the only I feature in the newsletter, then there would be no F or T features according to the second rule.
However, just because slot 1 is occupied by the only I feature in the newsletter does not mean that this feature would occupy slot 1 only! Remember—a single feature can occupy up to three consecutively numbered slots in accordance with the first rule. We just need to make sure that there are at least three features in total, so each of the other two (or more) features need to be M. The following solutions are therefore possible:
Answer choice (A) is incorrect, because the I feature need not occupy slot 2.
Answer choice (B) is incorrect, because the I feature need not occupy slots 2 or 3. Either (or both) of them can be occupied by an M feature. See first solution above.
Answer choice (C) is incorrect because an M feature could, but does not need to, occupy slots 2 or 3. Both slots can be occupied by the single I feature that also occupies slot 1. See third solution above.
Answer choice (D) is the correct answer choice, as suggested by the three solutions outlined above: there is an M feature that occupies one or more of slots 2, 3, and 4 in each of these solutions.
Another way to prove this would be to examine what would happen if an M feature did not occupy any of the slots 2, 3, or 4. Since there are no F or T features in this issue of the newsletter, the only feature remaining to occupy these three slots would be the single I feature that also occupies slot 1. However, a single feature cannot span more than three consecutively numbered slots, as discussed earlier, because the newsletter requires at least three features in total. (Graphics are not features, so even if the I feature occupies slots 1—3 only, with a graphic in slot 4, slots 1—4 would still contain only one feature!) So, the maximum number of features in such an issue of the newsletter would be two, and not three:
Clearly, then, an M feature must occupy at least one of slots 2, 3, or 4.
Answer choice (E) is incorrect, because an M feature need not occupy either slot 3 or slot 5: these slots would simply not be occupied by any features, and would therefore contain graphics. We would still have at least three features, as long as slots 2 and 4 are occupied by two separate M features:
Such a solution would not violate any of the rules in the game, suggesting that answer choice (E) does not need to be true.
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! Does this mean that it cannot contain M as a feature but M as a type of feature? If so, how can one be a type of a feature when it is itself not a feature to begin with?