LG Game 1 Question 1 Explanation, by LSATHacks
For acceptable order questions, go through the rules and use them to eliminate answers one by one.
Rule 3 eliminates E. Segment two needs a report of local interest.
Rule 4 eliminates A. National is the longest report in its segment.
Rule 5 eliminates C. Sports is always the shortest segment in its group.
Rule 6 eliminates D. International is earlier than weather if they’re in the same group.
B is CORRECT. It violates no rules.
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Hi, I do not understand this question. Because the answer B has the international in the middle in the first segment and then in the second segment weather is the longest, does this not then violate the 6th rule that says the international report is always longer than the weather report?
Let me know!
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Claire
Hi Graeme! Thanks so much for providing this thorough set of explanations and support. I have a question about the game set up as I got confused with the wording of rules 2, 4 & 5. I can see why B is the correct answer but it doesn’t align with the requirement that the sports report is supposed to be the shortest of the 5. I got confused by that wording and it looks like the sports report is supposed to be the shortest within it’s segment instead. Similarly, rule 4 states the national report is always the longest of the 5 but the answer choices dictate it must be the longest in it’s segment. Did you or anyone else notice this?
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