Q13

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

[katie.raitz]

Is there any way to solve this without testing each one?

[ohthatpatrick]

Sorry for the delayed (and ultimately underwhelming) response.

I think we're stuck with plug and chug here. There's no way to attack this like a normal Orientation question since they're not even showing us the order in which people picked. So I would have to figure out the order and figure out who picked when for each answer.

[PaigeB624]

Can someone please post a more detailed explanation- thanks!

[kollaros.maria]

Unfortunately we cannot use the first two rules for this orientation question because we do not know the order in which the employees are selected. You have to go through each of the choices and try to figure out the order in which the employees were selected based on the offices they were assigned. Based on the rules each employee selects the office that he/she ranks highest among the unselected offices.

(A) No employee receives his/her first choice which is impossible because based on the rules the first employee to be selected is to choose his/her first choice. Eliminate.
(B) Larabee receives first choice. Torillo receives second choice because first choice was already selected. Jackson receives third choice because first two were already selected. Paulson receives last choice because first three were selected. This is the answer!

In case there is still confusion here is why you eliminate the other choices!

(C) No one receives his/her first choice. Same issue as with choice A.
(D) Jackson receives first choice. Now evaluate the other employees to see who could have received his/her first or second choice (second in the case that Y was the first choice). Larabee does not receive first choice of X so was not second. Paulson does not receive second choice of Z since Y was already selected. Torillo does not receive first choice of X so was not second. This answer choice does not allow for an employee to be selected second. Eliminate!
(E) The same situation occurs in E as in D. The selection of offices does not account for someone selected their highest choice after Jackson.

I hope this was helpful! This is definitely an interesting game.

[lsat1]

I typed out an answer to this earlier but somehow it wasn't posted. Here is a condensed version:

J: Y, X, Z, W
L: X, Z, W, Y
P: Y, Z, X, W
T: X, Y, Z, W

1) We know either J, L, P or T will have to go first.
2) The first pick will either be Y or X. If Y, then J or P picked first. If X, L or T picked first.
3) Eliminate A and C
4) We are now left with B, D, and E.

5) At this point you would either test out the entirely of B and select it as the answer, or you would look at answer choices D and E, where J picked Y first.

6) If J picked Y first, this means we are left with L, P, or T who will pick second. If L or T is second, L or T will pick X. If P is second, P will pick Z.
7) Eliminate D and E, because none of the scenarios in #6 apply.
8) B is the answer

Hope this helps.