Five friends A, B, C, D and E are sitting around a circle facing towards the centre. B is sitting second to the right of A. Only C is sitting between B and D. Who is sitting to the immediate left of A?
- AE
- BB
- CC
- DD
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Let's place the five slots around the circle facing inside:Place A at position 1."B is sitting second to the right of A". Moving two places counter-clockwise (right) positions B = 3."Only C is sitting between B and D". Since B is at position 3, the neighbor positions are 2 and 4.If C is at 2, then D must be at 1 (but 1 is occupied by A).Therefore, C must be at position 4, and D must be at position 5. So, C = 4 and D = 5.The only remaining empty slot is position 2, which goes to E = 2.The full sequence counter-clockwise is: 1:A, 2:E, 3:B, 4:C, 5:D.We need to find who is sitting to the immediate left of A.Immediate left facing inside means moving one position clockwise from position 1, which lands directly on position 5 occupied by D.