Transitive Property of Inequality
from Aftermath III
by Dale Seymour



There are ten men lined up against the side of the high school.

If they are lined up from shortest to tallest (from left to right), can you determine the order of the men from the following clues?

ED IS TALLER THAN NED.

NED IS TALLER THAN RED.

RED IS TALLER THAN TED.

AL IS TALLER THAN RED, BUT SHORTER THAN NED.

IKE IS STANDING BETWEEN SAL AND TODD, WHO IS SHORTER THAN ED, BUT TALLER THAN IKE.

VAN IS STANDING BETWEEN ED AND IAN, WHO IS STANDING NEXT TO TODD.

THERE ARE SEVEN MEN STANDING BETWEEN VAN AND TED.



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