LSAT 72, Logic Game 1, Question 4, LSATHacks

LG Game 1 Question 4 Explanation, by LSATHacks

This question asks what CANNOT be true. You should use past scenarios to eliminate answers. Anything that worked on another question can be true.

A and C were possible on question 3. They’re both in this scenario:

B happened in the right answer on the first question. 

D is CORRECT. Weather can’t go first in group 1. I’ll explain why this can’t happen. National is the other report that has to go first, so it’s the restricting factor. 

We’re trying to place weather first in group 1, so we’d have to place national in group 2. That was scenario 2 in our setup:

By placing national in group 2, we must place international in group 1. That’s because rule 3 says every group needs a report of local interest, and N/I are both general. 

So weather and international are both in group 1. And rule six says International is before weather if they’re in the same group.

This answer proves E is possible and therefore incorrect:

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