Horse Race

Logic Level 1

Suppose you're participating in a horse race. If you overtake the second person, what position do you finish?

Total number of participants is 20.

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Sandeep Bhardwaj by Sandeep Bhardwaj , 28, India

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8 solutions

Michael Ng
Apr 10, 2015

Nice problem! If you overtake someone then you take their original position, so the answer is indeed 2nd.

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I got it right, but in my opinion the question isn't nearly specific enough. 2nd person can mean pretty much anything, including 2nd to last.

Malekai Zagorski - 6 years, 1 month ago

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No - if you describe someone as being second in a race , it's understood what you mean.

Steve Ives - 5 years, 9 months ago

yes, indeed

Kristian Kim Pitogo - 5 years, 9 months ago

-_- Why was this 75 points?

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Yeah! It must be Level 1 or 10 points!

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Exactly. - _ -

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago
Eddie Spagnoli
Sep 22, 2015

Not enough information to answer the question appropriately. Based on what we know, all you've done is overtake the second person. This could be the second person you met, the second person in place, the second to last person in place, or something else that is second in rank. If you overtake the person in 2nd place, it has not been stated that you did not also overtake the person in 1st place, or lose your place back to the original holder of 2nd place.

You cannot answer this question without it being rewritten or rephrased, with some sort of limitation. Otherwise, I could be anywhere from 1st place to Last place.

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Hadia Qadir
Aug 30, 2015

Assuming nothing else happens race-wise between when you overtake the 2nd jockey and crossing the finish line, you would be second -- otherwise, god knows where you actually end up (passing the person who is/was in first, or getting passed again by the 2nd jockey, or getting passed by everyone else including or excluding the former 2nd

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yes, poorly worded question

c stroud - 5 years, 9 months ago

You cannot be first as you have not overtaken the first one,

and the second one became third so you become second

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Stellina Ao
Aug 10, 2018

Well, if you overtake the jockey riding in second place, you, well, take their place! You still have to overtake the jockey running in first place to be in first place.

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Daphnie Montecino
Aug 28, 2015

Well, obviously 2nd. Nice problem. Clever :))

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Aditya Saroj
Aug 27, 2015

If you overtake a person who is at the second position, the person gets shifted to third and you become second. Simple and clever!

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Anurag Damane
Aug 27, 2015

😃 we overtake the second placed person then we are at his place means second place

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