2015 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 4
- The following problem is from both the 2015 AMC 10B #5 and 2015 AMC 12B #4, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
Lian, Marzuq, Rafsan, Arabi, Nabeel, and Rahul were in a 12-person race with 6 other people. Nabeel finished 6 places ahead of Marzuq. Arabi finished 1 place behind Rafsan. Lian finished 2 places behind Marzuq. Rafsan finished 2 places behind Rahul. Rahul finished 1 place behind Nabeel. Arabi finished in 6th place. Who finished in 8th place?
Solution 1
Let --- denote any of the 6 racers not named. Then the correct order looks like this:
Thus the 8th place runner is .
Solution 2
We list the people out vertically for clarity, starting with Marzuq and working from there.
Thus our answer is .
See Also
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