Q14

[walkerdoreen07]

Please help me with diagram for this game. I know the elements are O P S and mon tues wed thur frid. also, each division have to be used at least one.

what is confusing is the third constraint (S toured two consecutive days? please explain.

q14..didn't know where to start?? (trial and error question)

whole game looks difficult game!

[nazu.s.shaikh]

Though not a mod, but I could help explain to you Q14.

For my diagram I used the days of the week as my base as they are fixed and unchanging. O & P have to be used at least one, although O & P, either one, could later be used another time as well during the week because S can only be used twice ( we know this from the third constraint)

Here is what we know so far.

O can't go on Monday. (P & S are the only candidates that can go there)
P can't go on Wednesday ( O & S are the only ones that can go there)

(Note that if S goes on Monday then S has to go again on T; and if S goes on W then S has to go on R)

We know that we need an SS block, meaning we can't have S _ S .

The last constraint is conditional, If O(R) then P(F)

Onto O14 now. I have the same problem sometimes when approaching certain LG Q's , tendency to quickly jump into a trial and error process and while I can't give you a quick easy one way fits all answer, what I have noticed that has helped me is making the right inferences and knowing ( or figuring out) which one is key for a certain question.

For Q14 I know that I need an SS block for two days so I proceeded to the answers to see which Q's would give me a two day block and which wouldn't.

(A) If X is toured on M and on T.. that gives me a W R F where I can put a SS block. This could be true. Eliminate it ( remember it says 'cannot be true' 4 answers could be true. )

(B) If X is toured on M and on F that gives me a T W R to put an SS block. Also could be true. Eliminate it.

(C) If X is toured on T and then R .. that gives me a M W R .. which doesn't allow me to put an SS block. This cannot be true. This is our answer.

Hopefully this helped you out.

(:

[walkerdoreen07]

Thank you!! i will go back and redo

[ManhattanPrepLSAT2]

I've attached a diagram in case it's helpful --

The "chunk," in this case SS, is often one of the most useful constraints, and as Nazu mentioned it turns out that thinking about the SS chunk is the key to getting#14 correct -- if another letter occupies Tuesday and Thursday, there is nowhere for the SS chunk to go.