Question

David, Hikmet, Jack, Marta, Rand, and Todd were in a $12$ -person race with $6$ other people. Rand finished $6$ places ahead of Hikmet. Marta finished $1$ place behind Jack. David finished $2$ places behind Hikmet. Jack finished $2$ places behind Todd. Todd finished $1$ place behind Rand. Marta finished in $6$ th place. Who finished in $8$ th place?

David

Hikmet

Jack

Rand

Todd

Solution:

Marta finished 6th, so Jack finished 5th. Since Jack finished 2 places behind Todd, Todd finished 3rd. Since Todd finished 1 place behind Rand, Rand finished 2nd.

Hikmet finished 6 places behind Rand, so Hikmet finished 8th.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

2015 AMC 10B Problem 5

Solution:

Problem 5 in Other Years