June 2011 LSAT - Section 2 - Question 15

If the sedan is serviced earlier in the week than the pickup, then which one of the following could be true?

akc42 January 29, 2021

Why is it it A

I am confused with this set up

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Emil-Kunkin June 14, 2023

Hi, this comes down to figuring out what the new condition means. We know that S is between p and l from the final rule, so if s is before p, s must be after l. So, the order would be l s p.

This also means that l and s cannot go last, and since none of h v or r can go last, p must go last. We know that p must be next to v or s, and since v must have two things after it, s must be next to p, so we have

_ _ _ _ S P

This knocks out B D and E, and we know that C isn't possible since there would not be room for the other two that must follow V, so we are left with A.