Question

At a different game, four boys and six girls showed up. Even though only four boys showed up, they had a total of ten players, so the team could play, provided they followed batting order rule. In order to keep the required alternating pattern in the batting order, each boy will bat more often than each girl. Representing the six girls with A, E, I, O, U and Y and the four boys with J, K, L and M, the coach decides to following this batting order: A, J, E, K, I, L, O, M, U, J, Y, K, A, L, E, M…. According to this line-up, J is next to bat following A. How many total times will E bat before the next time that J is next to bat following A?

Answer 1

Answer:

once

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