LSAT PrepTest 43 Section 4 Question 2 Explanation | Logic Games

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Here's a Logic Games question from the June 2004 LSAT.

Let's make a diagram from a table and symbols, since we don't (or at least I don't) see any obvious way to solve this without diagramming just based on what the rules say. It says G must go in spots 1/3/5, but we know F must go before V and G is right before V, so F is before G. Let's put F first (the x's just mean we don't yet know what goes in that spot):

1 2 3 4 5 6

P F G V x x

We know there must be at least two spots between P and M, so let's put M right after V, and then shove J at the end:

1 2 3 4 5 6

P F G V M J

We showed that V can go in the fourth spot, so there's nothing more we need to do, and we know E is correct. Only one of the choices is possible, of course, and our correct diagram found one, so there's no need to test the other answers.

Remember:

This question asks what "could be"; on those types of Games questions, I think the best approach is just to set up a diagram (made of a table with symbols in it, as always) that fits the conditions in the game's set-up and in the question, and then use it to answer the question.