Q14

[dre.wat.son987]

I am having trouble with number 14.

I came up with hypotheticals that prove that there are at least 6 possibilities. I can not figure out why A is the correct answer for this particular question

[janelso3]

Hi. I think Aileen's explanation of #13 is very good. For #14 though, I think the key is in realizing that T and V cannot ever be next to each other (5th constraint). Given the conditional constraint in the question, this means that slots 5 and 7 will always have T/V and V/T and be separated by Q in slot 6. Y has to go in slot 4, since only Y or W can go there (2nd constraint), and we see that W can't possibly in this case (there would be no room for all the stuff that has to come after it: SYRTV). So there are 4 possibilities:
WRSYTQV
WRSYVQT
WSRYTQV
WSRYVQT

[aileenann]

Thanks so much for tacking on and participating in this thread! That's what our forums are all about.

[vcoats2]

Is the best way to solve this drawing out the possibilities? Or is there another way?

[GeneW]

For Q14, could the answer be C?

Can we have R in front of WS to give us
RWSYTQV
RWSYVQT

in addition to
WRSYTQV
WRSYVQT
WSRYTQV
WSRYVQT

Thank you.

[patrice.antoine]

For Q14, could the answer be C?

Can we have R in front of WS to give us
RWSYTQV
RWSYVQT

These won't work because the question specifically noted "if Wooster arrives at some time before Rockville"...