Q21

[clare.ess]

I'm having trouble with Q21. I have read through the explanation, but I'm still not sure why F doesn't have to be adjacent to both M and K.

The setup I have is (1-8) O I G H P K F M

H is next to G and P so it's kept separate from K and F... there's no other position for F and G due to the M-O-I condition... what am I missing?

[timmydoeslsat]

You have not missed anything! You must remember however that you have one hypothetical that shows both M and K as being able to be next to F. There is another hypothetical that shows M not having to be next to F.

Consider:

F
l
l
l
G

Pretend that is part of the circle with F and G being on opposite ends. I know that I have a MOI clockwise block going on one side of this circle. The other side will be a block of some sort involving KPH. When we consider that H cannot be next to F or K, we know that H must be next to the G. Since we know it is next to the G, we also know that K is not next to H on this block, so this means that K must be beside F.

In terms of knowing that M does not have the beside F. Consider that we could place the MOI block where the I is next to the F and the M is next to the G.

In this 1-8, we would have: F-K-P-H-G-M-O-I