Question

Five boys are standing in a line. Put them in order according to following statements: Rudy is between Rod and Ralph. Ralph is between Randy and Raul. Randy is between Rod and Rudy.

Answer 1

Given:

Five boys named Rudy, Rod, Ralph, Randy and Raul are standing in a line.

Also given that,

• Rudy stands between Rod and Ralph.
• Ralph stands between Randy and Raul.
• Randy stands between Rod and Rudy.

Note: This question belongs to seating arrangement topic.

Solution:

From the given data, it is not specific that any two are standing side-by-side.

• The word "between" in this question means that the boys may be standing according to the conditions but not exactly "in-between". They may not be the immediate next, based on the conditions.
• No details of the boys standing at ends are given.

Hence, from the given conditions, the seating arrangement can be shown as follows:

Rod - Randy - Rudy - Ralph - Raul