Q4

[jennifer]

RE Question 4:

What would be the most efficent, time saving way to tackel this question? I was able to eliminate C immediatly however I still had 4 other answer choices and no clue where to begin, other than trial and error. What am I missing? Thank you

[tamwaiman]

Hi jennifer

Q4: according to rule2, now we know that fpv are consecutive.

then we connect with rule3 (g=1/3/5) and get three templates:
1. g=1 --> gfpvjm (by rule1, it is the only solution)
2. g=3 --> impossible
3. g=5 --> fpvjgm (by rule1, it is the only solution)

Therefore, f or p could be the 2nd group

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

I think I see it a bit differently. Remember if J is fifth, then G cannot go fifth.

I've attached a slide that walks through question 4. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this one.

[willbrown275]

How does the scenario with G going 3rd not violate the first rule?

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

Good question. You're picking up on something that comes up a lot in discussions of this game.

Note that the first constraint says "at least" two groups march behind the P's and ahead of the M's.

The second constraint says "exactly" one group marches behind the F's and ahead of the V's.

So, we're allowed to have more than two groups separating the P's and M's.

Does that help clear it up?

[csunnerberg13]

Can you explain question 4? The slide posted seems to be about question 5. I'm confused about question 4.

If J has to be in 5, then don't we know G must be in 3? If it were placed in 1, we don't have space for both P_ _ + M and F_V? So then that leaves the only possibility as
PFGVJM.

Then there are 3 answer choices that correspond to this, so I'm not sure what I'm missing.