Question

Mr. Patel asked five of his students to line up by height. Juan is not the shortest and is not standing next to Pamela. Tad is the tallest and is not standing next to Juan. Marco is taller than Pamela and Caroline is next to Tad. Who is standing in the middle?

Answer 1

Juan is in the middle

Explanation:

Given:

Five students in total

_  _  _  _  _

Juan is not the shortest. So, Juan can be in 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th position.

_  J  J  J  J

Tad is the tallest and not standing next to Juan, So,

_  J  J  _  T

Caroline is next to Tad. So,

_  J  J  C  T

Juan is not standing next to Pamela. So,

P  _  J  C  T

Marco is taller than Pamela. So,

P  M  J  C  T

The height is arranged in increasing order from Pamela to Tad.

Thus, from the series we can see that Juan is in the middle.