June 2007 LSAT Section 1 Question 13
If Freedom makes a voyage to Trinidad in week 5, which one of the following could be true?
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Melody on August 13, 2014
Rule #4 states: "Guadeloupe will be its destination in the week preceding any voyage it makes to Jamaica."So, G is the destination in "the week before" a destination to J.
Make sure to note the usage of the article "the." If the rule were to have said: G will be its destination in A week preceding any voyage it makes to J, then it'd be true that G is just somewhere before J. However, the article "the" is being used specifically. Meaning that G will be in THE week before J, i.e. the week immediately preceding J.
So, this is not the exact same as "X precedes Y."
"X precedes Y" is diagrammed X > Y, because all we know is that "X" is somewhere before "Y."
However, "X precedes the week before Y" does mean that X comes immediately before Y. It is diagrammed "XY" (with a box around the "XY.")
Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Annaliese on September 20, 2014
Yes that helps! Thank you!Itati on September 29, 2018
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