LSAT 82, Logic Game 3, Question 18, LSATHacks

To solve this question, you should reference the setup scenarios (You may be noticing a pattern in these explanations.). Since this is a could be true exception question, you can eliminate an answer if it’s possible in any of the scenarios:

All of the wrong answers are possible in one of the scenarios:

• A is possible in scenario 1
• B is possible in scenario 2. Hong could be third in that scenario, with I and G 1st and 4th in either order.
• C is possible in scenarios 1 and 3
• E is possible in scenarios 1 and 3

D is CORRECT. It isn’t possible in any scenario. I:n scenario 1, H and F are in 1st and 3rd. In scenario 3, H and F are in 2nd and 4th. In scenario 2, H comes after F.

So, there’s no way to put H before F in any scenario. The real problem is this:

• If you put H before F in 1st and 2nd or 3rd and 4th, you get G and Ikaba together (in 3/4 or 1/2, respectively). This violates rule 2)
• If you try to put H and F in 2nd and 3rd, you violate rules and 4: F has to be interviewed by Qin, but Rivera must be 3rd. So, Q can’t be 3rd.

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