Answer the questions according to the given information: 6 friends V, W, X, Y,…
2024
Answer the questions according to the given information: 6 friends V, W, X, Y, U, and Z are sitting in a circle facing each other. Y is a neighbor of X and Z. V is next to X. X is second left to Z and third right to U. Who is sitting between U and V?
- A.
X
- B.
Z
- C.
W
- D.
Y
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In a circular-arrangement puzzle, direction phrases like 'second left of' and 'third right of' count seats along one fixed rotational direction of the circle, and 'neighbor of' means seated immediately adjacent with nobody in between. With 6 people seated, being exactly three seats away in either direction places two people directly opposite each other.
'Y is a neighbor of X and Z' places X, Y, and Z in three consecutive seats with Y in the middle: X - Y - Z.
'X is second left to Z' confirms the same block: counting two seats from Z, through Y, lands on X.
'X is third right to U': counting three seats from U reaches X. With 6 people, three seats away is the seat directly opposite, so U sits exactly opposite X.
Continuing around the circle from the X-Y-Z block in the same direction places U in the very next seat after Z, giving the run X - Y - Z - U.
Two seats remain: the one right after U, and the one right before X. 'V is next to X' fixes V in the seat before X, X's other neighbor besides Y.
The only seat left, the one right after U and right before V, goes to W.
Cross-check: Reading the completed circle - X, Y, Z, U, W, V, and back to X - every clue holds: Y sits between X and Z; V sits next to X; counting two seats from Z through Y reaches X; and counting three seats from U through W and V reaches X, confirming U and X sit opposite each other.
Result: The seat directly between U and V is occupied by W.
