Q5

[Darabi.Shawn]

Having a hard time with this question. can someone clear it up for me? thx.

[rinagoldfield]

Hi Darabi.Shawn,

Thanks for your post. This is a hard conditional question. Here we’re given the new piece of information that F is not first. We already know that H and K can’t go first since they must respectively follow J and G. That leaves us with only G, L, and J to go first. I found it helpful to make three quick frames that placed G, L, and J in the first slot. I’ve attached those frames below.

The question asks what "could be true," which means our wrong answer choices "must be false." The three frames (again, attached below) allowed me to eliminate B, C, D, and E as "must be false:"

B) must be false. According to our frames, G must go in slots 1, 2, 3, or 4.
C) must be false. 3 pm is already filled in frames 1 and 3. In frame 2, 3 pm is open. However, we would violate the J"”H rule if we put H in slot 3 here.
D) and E) must be false. J must go in slots 1, 3, or 4.

Remember that quick frames on conditional questions can make eliminating wrong answer choices a breeze.

Hope that helps!

[Darabi.Shawn]

Thank you so much Rina!

That helped a lot.