Unusually for a first question, this is not an “acceptable order” question. That means the LSAT was expecting you to make deductions in your setup, such as the main diagram we created.
We’re looking for what must be false. The slow way to do this question would be to test each answer choice and prove that it could work (thus eliminating it).
The fast way is to look through the answers to find the ones that seem more difficult. For instance, A is a poor candidate, because it places Fiesta early on. On our diagram, Fiesta is early: the only restrictions on Fiesta are that it goes before other variables. So it’s easy to place Fiesta early, and A is unlikely to be correct.
It should be clear that E is CORRECT, once you have practice reading this type of diagram. Kangaroos comes before Jets and Hurricanes. That means that Kangaroos can go fourth at latest.
I’m going to show the other answers are all possible, but this isn’t something you should do under timed conditions.
This diagram proves that A and C are wrong:
This diagram proves that B and D are wrong.
But I’ll emphasize that this is not how you should solve this type of question. Rule violations on sequencing questions tend to be obvious.
Rule violations tend to happen when something is placed too near the edge. e.g. 5th is one space away from last, but Kangaroos always has to be at least two spaces away from last.
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