Puzzle: What was the finishing order among the apple eaters?

Five people were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?


Answer: CABDE. Putting the first three in order, A finished in front of B but behind C, so CAB. Then, we know D finished before B, so CABD. We know E finished after D, so CABDE.

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