LSAT 60, Logic Game 1, Question 2, LSATHacks

LG Game 1 Question 2 Explanation, by LSATHacks

This question asks who can’t go on Thursday morning. To solve it, you should think about who is the most restricted. It’s Q: they force K and N to go after them. And Q is also in J’s rule (rule 1: J is in the morning, with K or Q in the afternoon).

Putting Q in the afternoon helps us fulfill J’s rule, by letting us put J in the morning. Conversely, putting Q in the morning makes things harder: It forces us to put J with K. So, Q in the morning seems a likely candidate for something impossible.

And then there’s the Q – K, N rule. If we put Q in Thursday morning, we have to put K and N Friday (rule 3). 

That leaves no place to fulfill rule 1 (J in the morning with Q or K in the afternoon.)