September 2014 LSAT
Section 3
Question 12
If Yoshida's speech is at 1 P.M., which one of the following could be true?
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Ravi on May 7, 2019
@Deke,Happy to help.
The question says, "If Yoshida’s speech is at 1 P.M., which one of the
following could be true?"
We have
G _ _ ...
R _ _ ...
We know Y is in 1, but we don't know if it's in G or R. Because of
rule 2, we know that neither X's speech nor Y's speech can be before
Z's speech. This means that Z has to go in the other 1 spot (whichever
one that Y isn't in) to make sure that it's not after X and/or Y.
G Y _ ...
R Z _ ... or
G Z _ ...
R Y _ ...
Now let's take a look at the answer choices.
(A) says, "Long’s speech is at 1 P.M. in the Gold Room."
We know (A) can't be true because Y and Z occupy the 1 spots on the
board, so (A) is out.
(B) says, "Long’s speech is at 2 P.M. in the Rose Room."
(B) can't be true because Y and Z are in the 1 spots and rule 1 tells
us that M has to go before L in the same room, so (B) can't happen.
It's out.
(C) says, "Molina’s speech is at 2 P.M. in the Gold Room."
(C) is totally possible.
G Y M L
R Z X
The above board satisfies all of the rules, showing that (C) is
something that could be true, so it's the correct answer.
(D) says, "Xiao’s speech is at 3 P.M. in the Gold Room."
(D) is out because either M or L would have to be at 2 p.m. in the
Gold Room, but then M and L wouldn't be together, violates rule 1.
(E) says, "Xiao’s speech is at 1 P.M. in the Rose Room."
We know (E) can't be true because Y and Z occupy the 1 spots on the
board, so (E) is out.
Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!
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Deke on May 8, 2019
Ugh, yep, stupid me...![](https://lsatmaxadmin.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/232536_5c0b6ce9e4ded.png)
Ravi on May 9, 2019
@Deke, not at all! It can be easy to forget about rules when there are so many of them. Keep up the hard work, and don't sweat this one!