June 2020 LSAT Section 1 Question 21

If exactly two of the representatives present, then which one of the following representatives CANNOT be one of the t...

Hanfan on November 6, 2022

can i have further explanation on this one, when working out this one, it was the one i was absolutely certain about working as one of the two

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Emil-Kunkin on November 6, 2022

Hi,

This comes down to our P/Q rule. We know that if one of them is out, the other must be in. So, there must always be at least one of P or Q in.

If this is true, then, it is impossible for L to be in if there are only two in. L forces J/S in, so there are already two spots taken up. In order to include one of q or o we would then need three, which would violate the scenario in this questions