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Neighbours around a circle
Follow clockwise clues, including the join between the last and first seats.
Clue type: Circular adjacency
GUIDED WALKTHROUGHStep 1 of 3
Neighbours around a circle
Each person has a different place. Use the labelled picture to read the position clues.
| Places | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Seat 2 | Seat 3 | Seat 4 | ||
| People | Ada | ||||
| Ben | |||||
| Cy | |||||
| Dee | |||||
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The clues
- Ada sits immediately clockwise from Ben.
- Ben sits in seat 4.
STEP 1
Find the clockwise direction
Clue type: Circular adjacency
Follow the arrow around the table: 1, 2, 3, 4, then back to 1. Immediately clockwise means the next seat in that direction.
A common mistake
A circle has no first or last end. Seat 4 is next to seat 1.