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Four seats on the sky tram

Four passengers and four seats. Notice the difference between “immediately beside” and simply “to the right.”

The scene

Four seats are numbered 1 through 4 from left to right. Aki, Bo, Cora, and Dara occupy one each, with no empty seat. Who is in seat 4? All clues use this same left-to-right view.

The clues

Cora sits immediately to Aki’s right. Dara is somewhere to Cora’s right, not necessarily next to Cora. Bo is somewhere to Aki’s left. Start by treating the first clue as a two-person block, then consider the space it needs on each side.

A way to work

Draw four boxes and move the Aki–Cora block through the possible positions. Check the remaining clues one at a time and cross out a placement as soon as it conflicts. Keep an arrangement only if all clues hold together.

Choose your answer

Use the clues above before revealing the solution.