LSAT 81, Logic Game 2, Question 7, LSATHacks

The fact that this is a general “could be true” suggests that you should have made some upfront deductions/scenarios. If you ever find one of these as the first question and haven’t made deductions, you should revisit the setup.

Here’s the main diagram and rules, for reference:

None of the answers in the list below work:

• A. Miller can only be 3rd or 5th. (Rules 4 + 5)
• B. N can’t be first, because they must be after L (rule 1)
• C. O could only be 5th in scenario 1. We’d have to place L last (rule 3). But that wouldn’t work, since L has to go before N (rule 1).
• E. T has to be fourth or later in either scenario.

D is CORRECT. Sen can perform seventh. This scenario shows one way to do it:

Note that when I construct a scenario like that, I try to make things easy for myself:

• I first thing I place is S seventh, since that’s what I’m trying to prove
• I next place L_O, since they’re the most restricted.
• I also make sure to place L as early as I can in the diagram, since they have to be before N. So I will always place L_O, and not O_L. (If I’m trying to make a working scenario)

This makes it easy to obey the rules (if possible). Then only T and N are left to place. And since their rules have already been met, I can safely place them in either 5th or 6th.

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