In a row of girls, Simran is 12th from the left end and Alia is 8th from the right end if they interchange their position then Alia becomes 18th from the right end. How many girls are there in the row?
In a row of girls, Simran is 12th from the left end and Alia is 8th from the right end if they interchange their position then Alia becomes 18th from the right end. How many girls are there in the row? Correct Answer 29
Given,
Simran is 12th from the left end
Left end = 11 (Simran)
Alia is 8th from the right end
(Alia) 7 = Right end
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Now they interchange their position-
After interchanging position-
This means Alia takes Simran's position and Simran takes Alia's.
Now, given,
Alia becomes 18th from the right end.
As Alia was 8th from the right end before, now she is at 18th from the right end.
So, there must be 9 people between Simran and Alia.
We get-
11 (Alia) 9 (Simran) 7
so total students = 11 + 9 + 7 + 2 = 29
Hence, the correct answer is 29