Past diagrams can be useful on this type of question. It also helps to think about variables in groups. Start with the most restricted group: T – Y – R.
R, T and Y can only go in two spots each. R goes in 3 or 4, and that leaves T and Y only two spaces to move in too.
Most people choose C. But X is also restricted to two places. That’s because X has to go after S. That leaves only slots 5 or 6 open for X. There’s no space for both S and X to go before R.
Here are three different diagrams with X in five or six. I’m also using these diagrams to prove that V and S can go in more than two places:
So T, Y, R and X can only go in two places.
D is CORRECT.
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ZAC says
I know R can put only 3 and 4 but idk why T and Y should be consecutive.
TutorRosalie (LSATHacks) says
T and Y don’t have to be consecutive. Graeme showed those two diagrams to show the different slots T and Y could occupy. So in the second diagram, T could’ve been in slot 1 and Y in slot 3, but Diagram 1 already showed that T could be in slot 1.
Yasmin says
Im confused as to why the order cannot be TYVRSX or TYSRVX? it does not specify in the rules that TYR have to be consecutive? could you please clarify?