Eight friends sit around a square table, two on each side, all facing the centre. How many of them sit at a corner position?
Correct answer: A. none
- A. none
- B. two
- C. four
- D. eight
Explanation
With two people on each side, both occupy positions along the side rather than at the corners themselves, so no one sits at a corner. In the variant where four sit at the corners and four at the middles of the sides, the answer would be four. Reading exactly how the seats are distributed is essential before counting.
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Seating arrangement problems place people or objects in a line, circle, row or multiple rows according to positional clues. They require handling adjacency, left and right, facing directions, opposite seats, fixed positions and relative order, with circular arrangements differing because rotation does not create a new arrangement.
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