Study the following information and answer the question that follows:
i. Six friends; A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting along the sides of a hexagonal table for playing a game, (not necessarily in the same order).
ii. F, who is sitting exactly opposite to A, is to the immediate right of B.
iii. D is between A and B and is exactly opposite to C.
Who are the people sitting next to A?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → D and E
Each friend sits on one side of the hexagon, facing the centre, so every person has two neighbours and one person directly opposite. The clues are placed one at a time:
F sits opposite A, so A and F take two opposite sides.
D is between A and B, so D sits next to A, and B next to D.
B is then also next to F, as clue (ii) needs: F is on B’s immediate right.
C sits opposite D, which is the side between F and the last empty side.
E takes the last side, which is the other side next to A.
