what is the answer to this question? The week before a big concert, five friends, alvin, bert, chip, dennis and ethan, stood in line to buy tickets. There were other people between them, but the five friends were in lin in the order listed above. the line was really long, and they were pretty bored. chip noticed that if he counted the number of strangers between each pair of friends, he got the numbers 7, 12, 19, 21, 36, 43, 55, 57, 64, and 76. like i said, he was really bored! he sent this information to ethan in a paper airplane, and ethan passed the time in line using chips information to determine how many people were between alvin and bert, between Bert and chip, between chip and dennis, and between dennis and ethan. what did he find
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To answer this question, we need to analyze the given information about the number of strangers between each pair of friends. According to the given information, Chip counted the numbers 7, 12, 19, 21, 36, 43, 55, 57, 64, and 76 as the number of strangers between each pair of friends.
To figure out how many people were between each pair of friends, we can follow these steps:
1. First, let's identify the pairs of friends mentioned in the question: Alvin and Bert, Bert and Chip, Chip and Dennis, and Dennis and Ethan.
2. We will use the given numbers to determine the number of strangers between each pair of friends. Starting with Alvin and Bert, we can find the answer by considering the numbers from the given list:
- The number of strangers between Alvin and Bert is 7, as stated.
- Similarly, between Bert and Chip is 12, between Chip and Dennis is 19, and between Dennis and Ethan is 21.
Therefore, according to the information provided, Ethan found the following:
- People between Alvin and Bert: 7
- People between Bert and Chip: 12
- People between Chip and Dennis: 19
- People between Dennis and Ethan: 21
These are the answers derived based on the given information.