PrepTest 46, Section 1, Question 12
One afternoon, a single thunderstorm passes over exactly five towns�Jackson, Lofton, Nordique, Oceana, and Plattesville�dropping some form of precipitation on each. The storm is the only source of precipitation in the towns that afternoon. On some towns, it drops both hail and rain; on the remaining towns, it drops only rain. It passes over each town exactly once and does not pass over any two towns at the same time. The following must obtain:
One afternoon, a single thunderstorm passes over exactly five towns�Jackson, Lofton, Nordique, Oceana, and Plattesville�dropping some form of precipitation on each. The storm is the only source of precipitation in the towns that afternoon. On some towns, it drops both hail and rain; on the remaining towns, it drops only rain. It passes over each town exactly once and does not pass over any two towns at the same time. The following must obtain:
One afternoon, a single thunderstorm passes over exactly five towns�Jackson, Lofton, Nordique, Oceana, and Plattesville�dropping some form of precipitation on each. The storm is the only source of precipitation in the towns that afternoon. On some towns, it drops both hail and rain; on the remaining towns, it drops only rain. It passes over each town exactly once and does not pass over any two towns at the same time. The following must obtain:
One afternoon, a single thunderstorm passes over exactly five towns�Jackson, Lofton, Nordique, Oceana, and Plattesville�dropping some form of precipitation on each. The storm is the only source of precipitation in the towns that afternoon. On some towns, it drops both hail and rain; on the remaining towns, it drops only rain. It passes over each town exactly once and does not pass over any two towns at the same time. The following must obtain:
The third town the storm passes over is Plattesville.
The storm drops hail and rain on the second town it passes over.
The storm drops only rain on both Lofton and Oceana.
The storm passes over Jackson at some time after it passes over Lofton and at some time after it passes over Nordique.
Which one of the following could be the order, from first to fifth, in which the storm passes over the towns?
Lofton, Nordique, Plattesville, Oceana, Jackson
Lofton, Oceana, Plattesville, Nordique, Jackson
Nordique, Jackson, Plattesville, Oceana, Lofton
Nordique, Lofton, Plattesville, Jackson, Oceana
Nordique, Plattesville, Lofton, Oceana, Jackson
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