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 solve this problem, Ethan needs to use the information provided by Chip about the number of strangers between each pair of friends. The numbers given are 7, 12, 19, 21, 36, 43, 55, 57, 64, and 76.
Since Chip noticed the number of strangers between each pair of friends, Ethan can count the total number of people between each pair by adding up the given numbers. Let's calculate the totals:
- Number of people between Alvin and Bert: 7 + 12 = 19.
- Number of people between Bert and Chip: 19 + 21 = 40.
- Number of people between Chip and Dennis: 40 + 36 = 76.
- Number of people between Dennis and Ethan: 76 + 43 = 119.
Therefore, Ethan found that there are 19 people between Alvin and Bert, 40 people between Bert and Chip, 76 people between Chip and Dennis, and 119 people between Dennis and Ethan.