Question 547754: five runners were far ahead in a race. Juan crossed the finish line after Owen and Molly. Molly was first Juan was between Greta and Owen.Kenji was last.In what order did the runners cross the finish line?
Answer by mathie123(224)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Love logic puzzles!
We need to place them from first to second so fill these blanks
1_____ 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5_____
Let's first look at the question and see if any of these places can be filled directly from the question.
From the statement Molly was first and the statement Kenji was last we have
1-MOLLY 2_____ 3_____ 4_____ 5-KENJI
Now, comes the logic stuff...
We have three spaces left and three people (Owen, Greta and Juan) to fill them with
From the statement Juan was between Greta and Owen, we know Juan must be third. Now we have:
1-MOLLY 2_____ 3-Juan 4_____ 5-KENJI
Now from the statement Juan crossed the finish line after Owen and Molly, this means that Owen was ahead of Juan, putting him second. And the last place to fill can only be filled with Greta
So we have:
1-MOLLY 2-OWEN 3-Juan 4-GRETA 5-KENJI
There you have it:)
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