LSAT PrepTest 24, Section IV, Logic Game 1 Setup

LG Game 1 Setup, by LSATHacks

Game Setup

This is one of my favorite game types. It’s a grouping game where if you combine the deductions, you can pretty much figure everything out in advance.

We have seven flavorings that are going to be split between a main dish and an appetizer. The appetizer can have, at most, three flavorings.

I always recommend reading all the rules before writing anything. Sometimes it makes the most sense to draw the last rule first. Ginger is with nutmeg and F is not with nutmeg. We can combine those to say that F doesn’t go with either N or G.

And S is not with T. The two variables with no rules are P and L. Here’s what it looks like:

LSAT Preptest 24, Game 1 Setup, Diagram 1

S and T are always apart, and F is always apart from N and G. We only have two groups. We therefore always need at least two flavorings in the appetizer. The first rule tells us there are at most three. So there are only two scenarios in terms of numbers: Appetizer has two or three.

Here’s what it looks like with two spaces into the appetizer. You can’t put N and G there because then S and T would have to be together in the main dish. So we have to put F and S/T in A. N and G go in the main dish and P, L and S/T fill the other two places.

LSAT Preptest 24, Game 1 Setup, Diagram 2

There is no other way to do it when the appetizer only has two spots.

There are a couple other ways that things can go, if we put three flavorings in the appetizer.

I highly recommend drawing out separate scenarios. It helps you think through the game. It also lets you can refer to them as you go through the game.

We can first try putting N and G in the appetizer along with T/S. You’re always going to have one of T and S in both the appetizer and the main dish. In the main dish we put the other T/S, along with F, P and L.

LSAT Preptest 24, Game 1 Setup, Diagram 3