document.write( "Question 868710: a teacher put five people lettered A,B,C,D and E in a line-up, standing in spots numbered one through six from left to right. there is one empty space. Person E is the third person from the left. Person A is to person B's immediate left. If person D stands in space six swith no one beside him, where is person C \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #523768 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "Here are the spaces:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ \r\n" ); document.write( " 1 2 3 4 5 6 \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...person D stands in space six with no one beside him...<< \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "So we have this, with 0 indicating the empty space\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "___ ___ ___ ___ _0_ _D_ \r\n" ); document.write( " 1 2 3 4 5 6 \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So all the other spaces 1 through 4 are filled.\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...Person E is the third person from the left...<< \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "So we have\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "___ ___ _E_ ___ _0_ _D_ \r\n" ); document.write( " 1 2 3 4 5 6 \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...Person A is to person B's immediate left...<< \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "The only two adjacent spaces remaining are spaces 1 and 2,\r\n" ); document.write( "so we have\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "_A_ _B_ _E_ ___ _0_ _D_ \r\n" ); document.write( " 1 2 3 4 5 6\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ">>...where is person C?...<< \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "C is in the only remaining space, 4:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "_A_ _B_ _E_ _C_ _0_ _D_ \r\n" ); document.write( " 1 2 3 4 5 6\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |