#HOURLY NEWS FOR RADIO STATION HOW TO#

Who is general (I, N) and who is local (T, W, S).It’s important that you memorize a few things: Since national is always first in its group, then if someone fills the first spot in one group, you know national is first in the other group. This game is very open ended in the setup, but it’s made in such a way that it becomes very restricted once one of the first or last spots is filled. This is a huge deduction, and it applies to any scenario where a question places someone last (that isn’t sports). If traffic is last in one group, then sports must be last in the other group – because sports always has to be last. Many questions place a variable in last place for example, question two places traffic last in the first segment. It’s important to pay attention to the restricted spaces. Sports is always last in its group, and if international and weather are in the same group, then international is before weather: Next, I drew the two remaining rules on their own. I’ve drawn International up and to the right in scenario 2 as a reminder of this deduction.ĭrawing these two scenarios may seem like a small, obvious deduction, but it greatly simplifies the game. That’s because each group needs at least one segment of local interest (rule 3), and International/National are both general. On the second diagram, International must be in group 1. National in group 1, and national in group 2: We know national is always first within its group. I looked at the first question to see how the testmakers represented this game and I decided this was the best way:

#HOURLY NEWS FOR RADIO STATION HOW TO#

We’ll see this in the rules below.įirst, we need to figure out how to draw the two news updates. Last is restricted because S always goes last. First is restricted because N always goes first.

You should always try to memorize the rules before you start, and look to see what points have more restrictions than others.įor example, the first and last points are restricted. If you don’t know the rules, it will be a slow, hard game. If you know the rules + these restricted points, you can do this game very, very fast. There are a few very restricted points in this game. This game tests your ability to apply the rules and make deductions on the spot. You must use the rules to determine the possible placements of the reports. There are two general interest reports: international and national (I, N) and three local interest reports: sports, traffic and weather (S, T, W). There are two segments (1, 2) and a total of five reports during each update.

This is an explanation of the first logic game from Section IV of LSAT Preptest 72, the June 2014 LSAT.Įvery morning, a radio station airs hourly news updates.

Hourly news for radio station