In a row of children facing North, Pankaj is 8th from the right end. Prakash, who is 15th from the left end is 6th to the left of Pankaj. How many children are there in the row?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 28
Both positions are first written from the same end, the left; then the number of children follows from Pankaj’s place counted from both ends.
Prakash is 15th from the left and 6 places to the left of Pankaj, so Pankaj is \(15+6=21\)st from the left
Pankaj is also 8th from the right, and he is counted in both positions, so the row has \(21+8-1=28\) children
