LSAT 22, Game 4 Setup, Two Teams of Jugglers, LSATHacks

LG Game 4 Setup, by LSATHacks

Game Setup

This is a grouping game. It can be a little bit hard: it depends on rules for people who aren’t in the game.

It’s also hard because there are six spaces, but seven jugglers. We can’t say for certain which rules apply at all times.

There are two teams, team 1 and team 2, and three positions front, middle and rear. It looks like this:

The first two rules I drew on the diagram. K can’t be in the front or rear. G and H can’t be anywhere but in front.

So I’ve drawn them underneath where they can’t go, with lines through them. (We can’t say for sure that G and H will be in front, for example, because not everyone has to be in.)

L can’t go on team 2. I drew that directly onto the diagram too.

The last rule is tells us who can’t go with each other. N can’t go with P and K. P can’t go with Q.

There is one more rule. If H goes on team 2 then Q is on team 1, in the middle spot. It’s worth drawing this to see what it looks like.

We know that P and K can’t go on team 1. P can’t go with Q, and K can only go in middle spots. Q already filled the middle spot on team 1.

N can only go on team 1. N can’t go with K and P, and at least 1 of K and P will be on team 2. (only 1 person can be out)

L can only go on team 1, always. G can only go on team 1, because G can only go in front spots. H filled the front spot on team 2.

That covers all the variables. Only K and P could be put on team 2, everyone else can’t. So both K and P must be in, and on team 2. K goes in the middle.

On team 1, one of L and N has to go in r. Any of L, G or N can go in f.

For all games I list out all the variables. For this game I find it useful to list them ordered by rules. Here’s how I drew them:

G and H are together (they can’t only go in front), NKP are together (N can’t go with K and P) and then Q (Q can’t go with P). I often referred to this when trying to figure out who was left and could be put in and what rules applied to them.