Unit 12 · Multi-Step Conditional Reasoning

Hill Race — Find Stephen's Position

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Four students, four positions in a race — and Stephen gets no clue of his own. But pin down Bruce (last), then Ethan (2nd), then James (3rd) one by one, and Stephen's 1st place is the only spot remaining.

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0:00Introduction
0:22Question
0:55Strategy
1:27Step 1: Apply Clues 1 and 2 — pin down Bruce and Ethan
2:06Step 2: Apply Clue 3 — place James, then find Stephen
2:41Correct answer

Question

Four students had a race to see who could get to the top of the hill and back first.

No one arrived back after Bruce.

Only one person was faster than Ethan.

James finished after Ethan.

Where did Stephen finish?

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