SOLUTION: 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

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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
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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
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_ _ EC _ D, E is the third person from the left & D stands in space six with no one beside him,
ABEC _D , A is to person B's immediate left. C MUST BE IN THE 4TH PLACE

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source):
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Here are the spaces: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1 2 3 4 5 6

>>...person D stands in space six with no one beside him...<<

So we have this, with 0 indicating the empty space ___ ___ ___ ___ _0_ _D_ 1 2 3 4 5 6 So all the other spaces 1 through 4 are filled.

>>...Person E is the third person from the left...<<

So we have ___ ___ _E_ ___ _0_ _D_ 1 2 3 4 5 6

>>...Person A is to person B's immediate left...<<

The only two adjacent spaces remaining are spaces 1 and 2, so we have _A_ _B_ _E_ ___ _0_ _D_ 1 2 3 4 5 6

>>...where is person C?...<<

C is in the only remaining space, 4: _A_ _B_ _E_ _C_ _0_ _D_ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edwin