Q24

[sharrin7]

So, this is the question that truly tripped me up. It is my understanding that, if plan 1 is given as a plan that occurred, it can be the only plan that occurred. I based on the fact that "two assignments of apprentices to projects will be made" and on the fact that plan 1 has two reassignments.

Therefore, since plan 1 is stated as occuring in Q24 either L and N will be reassigned first (leaving NMLO matching up with QRST) or M and O will be reassigned first (leaving LONM matching up with QRST). Am I right in the set-up so far?

And if so, could someone explain why C is not the correct answer?

Although, I do acknowledge that the questions asks "must be true" and technically, since the order of plan 1 is unknown answer C does not have to be true. I just don't understand how the right answer is right.

[giladedelman]

Thanks for posting!

You're misinterpreting the game setup. During the year, "two
reassignments of apprentices to projects will be made, each time according to a different one of the following plans, which can be used in any order ..."

Note the wording: two reassignments will be made, each time according to a different one of the following plans.

That means one reassignment = one plan. So Plan 1? That's one reassignment. It doesn't matter how many people are involved in it.

A clue that you were misinterpreting it should have been that in Plan 1, it says, Q and S switch and R and T switch -- not or.

Now that we've cleared that up, I'm sure you'll see that after Plan 1, L is on S and M is on T. So no matter which other plan you choose next, L and M have to switch places, which leaves L assigned to project T.

does that clear this up for you?

[sharrin7]

Thanks!
This clarifies everything and solidifies the correct answer, I appreciate your help.

[karlaswanzey1]

If you use say Plan 1 for the very first re-assignment, can you also use Plan 1 again for the second re-assignment? Or do you have to use a Plan you didn't previously use? So in this case would I be required to use only Plan 2 or Plan 3 for the second re-assignment?

[syousif3]

I got all the questions on this game right except for Q24

Here's what I did:

We have
Q R S T
L M N O

Plan 1:
Q R S T
N O L M

Plan 2:
Q R S T
L M O N

Plan 3:
Q R S T
M L N O

When I did this I got all the questions right but now I'm confused with Q24 How can A be right when L was never assigned to T in my setup?. Unless, I did it wrong which I'm sure I did in this case. I think I should have followed the 2nd plan from the 1st plan and the 3rd plan from the 2nd plan but even when I did that it didnt make sense to me because I would not be able to get at least Q20 right. Can someone please explain where I went wrong?

[timmydoeslsat]

When I just did this game, I decided to go through all the possibilities, as it was only going to be six ways. And then you quickly notice that with Plan 1, either plan 2 or 3 will garner the same result, so it is really only 5.

Start with the original - 1 - 2/3

Start with the original - 2 - 1
Start with the original - 2 - 3

Start with the original - 3 - 1
Start with the original - 3 - 2

So in regards to #24, our local information provided is to start off considering the results after plan 1 for the first reassignment and think about what must be true.

After the first reassignment with Plan 1, we have:

Q R S T
N O L M

And like we talked about earlier, the second reassignment would include either Plan 2 or Plan 3, yet the result would be same: L and M will be switched from S to T.

So we would have

Q R S T
N O M L

Answer choice (A).