Question

There are five equidistant points on a line.
Five persons $A,B,C,D$ and $E$ are standing on them.
$B$ is between $A$ and $C$ and $D$ is between $C$ and $E$. If the distance of $C$ from $B$ is equal to the distance of $D$ from $C$, then what is the relation between the distances of $A$ to $B$ and $B$ to $E$?

• A. Both are equal.
• B. $AB$ is smaller than $BE$.
• C. $AB$ is larger than $BE$.
• D. There is no relation between $AB$ and $BE$.

Answer 1

The correct option is B $AB$ is smaller than $BE$.

With the given condition we can have two possibilities$.E-D-C-B-A$

OR

$A-B-C-D-E$

In any case $AB$ is smaller than $BE$