Which one of the following could be the assignment of departments to floors?
on September 5, 2019
Why could the set up not be 1-5-1?
I might have missed something in the explanation. I came up with a scenario that looked like:
Top: H
Middle: F S P T I
Bottom: L
I don't see why this couldn't be an option? Could you please explain further? Thank you!
1 Reply
Irinaon September 5, 2019
@hannahnaylor,
The reason the option in your question is impossible because each floor can accommodate at most four departments, hence a scenario with five departments on one floor would violate the rules.
Let's quickly review the setup for this game:
A law firm has seven department - F H I L P S T. The firm occupies a building with three floors - bottom, middle, top. Each floor can accommodate up to four departments, and no department is on more than one floor.
The following rules apply:
(1) Probate must be on the same floor as tax law.
P & T
(2) Health law must be on the floor immediately above injury law.
H > T
We can also infer that H cannot be on the bottom floor and injury law cannot be on the top floor.
T: ~I M: B: ~ H
HI combination thus must either be on top and middle floors respectively or middle and bottom floors.
T: H M: I B:
or
T: M: H B: I
(3) Labor law must occupy the entire floor by itself.
This tells us that it could never be on the middle floor because either H or I must always be on the middle floor. Let's consider both scenarios:'
(1) T: H M: I B: L
In this scenario, P &T could go on the top or middle floor.
(2) T: L M: H B: I
In this scenario, P & T could go on the middle or bottom floor.
The remaining two departments could either both go with H/I or one could go with HPT/ IPT combination and one could go with H/I.
