If an orange bead is the fourth bead from the clasp, which one of the following is a pair that could be the second an...

Mehran February 9, 2018

Hi there, thanks for your post! There is a video explanation available for this game; you can watch it by clicking the little "play" arrow icon.

Tuf53585 January 24, 2019

The explanation doesn't go over WHY answer E won't work and that's the issue I have with LSAYMax ! Once the instructor finds an answer, they don't bother to explain why the remaining answer choices don't work and this sucks when the answer is A or B because we're left at least 3 options that have zero explanation

MichelleRod January 25, 2019

Thanks for your question. E doesn't work because the first rule tells us that when Yellow and Purple are next to each other, then any surrounding beads need to be Red.

If there is an orange bead 4th from the clasp, then answer choice E would give us the following situation: OPY_

This violates rule 1 because one bead next to the YP pair is not Red.

Michael.Stanislav October 10, 2022

Thanks! I realized I missed that the rule stated R had to be both before and after that pairing.