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Question

Lian, Marzuq, Rafsan, Arabi, Nabeel, and Rahul were in a 12-person race with 6 other people. Nabeel finished 6 places ahead of Marzuq. Arabi finished 1 place behind Rafsan. Lian finished 2 places behind Marzuq. Rafsan finished 2 places behind Rahul. Rahul finished 1 place behind Nabeel. Arabi finished in 6th place. Who finished in 8th place?

Accepted Answer

Let --- denote any of the 6 racers not named. Then the correct order looks like this: -, Nabeel, Rahul, -, Rafsan, Arabi, -, Marzuq, -, Lian, -, - Thus the 8th place runner is Marzuq.