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PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ali.charania Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:46 am

I need help on two problems.
1. On problem 16, what does it mean by the use of the word "street?" Does it refer to all of the homes 1-8 or just to one side of the street (1,3,5,7 or 2,4,6,8)?

2. I had a really hard time on problem 18 and need help on how to go about answering it. Was it really just that since answer choice A violates the rule that ranch homes need to border Tudor homes, it is the correct choice?
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Re: PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ManhattanPrepLSAT1 Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:17 pm

Attached is setup for this game as well as explanations for both questions 16 and 18.

But I think that you'll be less than satisfied, since it looks like you just expected the game to be more challenging!

Good work!
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Re: PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ali.charania Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:09 pm

Why is "A" the answer to number 16? Why can't you place another ranch house in slots 4 or 7?
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Re: PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ManhattanPrepLSAT1 Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:30 am

Remember, the question stem asks for what "could be true" not what "must be true." So, sure you could put a Ranch in either 4 or 7, but you don't need to.

So it could be true that there is only 1 Ranch house, but each of the other answer choices have no chance of possibly being true!

Does that help clear things up?
 
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Re: PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ali.charania Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:30 pm

Not really. I can see why choices D and E are incorrect. However I don't see why choices B and C have no chance of possibly being true. And I'm sorry but I'm still having trouble seeing why A is the correct answer. Thank you so much for all your help :).
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Re: PT16, S1, G3 - On an undeveloped street

by ManhattanPrepLSAT1 Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:53 am

Sorry for the confusion. I missed an initial deduction and I'm sure that's what was causing the issue. R cannot be assigned to house 8 because that would violate the 3rd constraint. Tough deduction and makes all the difference.

Take a look at the revised setup. I've also attached an explanation with a few hypotheticals to walk you through question 16.

Let me know if you'd still like me to explain anything on this game further!
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Re: Diagram

by rbkfrye Sun May 12, 2013 8:08 am

They use the word adjacent as if it doesn't include houses facing each other, which is both lame and denotatively incorrect. No question, just pointing out.