A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around an octagonal table, facing the centre. B is sitting between D and G. H is to the immediate left of E who sits beside D. F is sitting between A and H. Who is sitting third to the left of E?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A
For people sitting round a table and facing the centre, a person’s left is the next seat clockwise and the right is the next seat anticlockwise (seen from above).
Placing E, H and D (clue 2):
H is to the immediate left of E, so H sits in the seat clockwise from E.
E sits beside D; the seat on E’s left is H’s, so D sits on E’s right (anticlockwise from E).
Placing B, G, F and A (clues 1 and 3):
B sits between D and G, so B is next to D on the far side from E, and G is next to B.
F sits between A and H, so F is next to H on the far side from E, and A is next to F.
C takes the one seat left, between A and G.
Clockwise order from E: E, H, F, A, C, G, B, D.
Counting clockwise (to E’s left): H is 1st, F is 2nd and A is 3rd to the left of E.