Six people, A, B, C, D, E and F, are sitting in a row, facing north. A sits to the immediate left of F. C sits third to the left of E. C is an immediate neighbour of F. D sits to the immediate left of B. How many people sit between B and C?
One
For a row facing north, "left" means towards our right is the person's left; number the seats 1 to 6 from the people's left, so a person to someone's immediate left sits at the next lower seat number.
A sits to the immediate left of F, so A and F are together as A–F. Since C is an immediate neighbour of F and A is already on F's left, C must be on F's right, giving A–F–C.
C sits third to the left of E, meaning E is three places after C: place C–F–A so that C, F, A occupy seats 1, 2, 3 with C first, then E falls at seat 6 (three places to C's right at seat 1+... counting C, then three steps lands on seat 6).
Taking seats as A(1), F(2), C(3), and E(6), the remaining people D and B fill seats 4 and 5; D sits to the immediate left of B, so D(4) and B(5).
The final arrangement from left is A, F, C, D, B, E, so between B (seat 5) and C (seat 3) only D (seat 4) sits, which is one person.
Hence, the number of people sitting between B and C is one.
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