LG Game 1 Question 3 Explanation, by LSATHacks
This question says national is last in the second segment. That’s scenario 2 from our setup:
International has to be in group 1, because the second segment needs a report of local interest. National and International are both general.
The question is asking how many people can go first in the first group. It’s best to go by elimination.
- National can’t go first, because it’s in the second group on this question.
- Sports also can’t go first, because it’s always last in its group.
That leaves: traffic, international and weather.
Weather can’t go first in the first group, because weather is always after international.
So only traffic and international are left. They have no restrictions about going first, so that this point I’d be comfortable picking B: two.
But just to be safe, I”ll draw two scenarios that prove each can go first. If you know your rules, it should take less than ten second to draw each scenario. If you can’t draw these quickly, you need to practice. Drawing rapid, correct diagrams is an essential games skill.
These two diagrams prove that both international and traffic can go first in the first segment.
So B is CORRECT.
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Why is Segment 1 : I W T Segment 2 : NS not correct or Segment 1 : I W S Segment 2 : NT
Wouldn’t it be 3 since it has the letters of “W” “T” and “I”
“This question says national is last in the second segment.” You have an error here. It should say “This question says national is first in the second segment.”