Multiple choice general knowledge

A man has four cards in his hand facing him, from 2 to 5. He wants them placed in ascending order from his left to his right. To do this, he takes the leftmost card (from your perspective) and puts it last. He then takes the third card from the right (your right) and puts it in last place. What was the previous order of the cards?

  1. 2, 5,3, and 4, from his perspective.

  2. 3, 5, 4, and 2, from his perspective.

  3. 2,3, 4, and 5, from his perspective.

  4. 3,2, 4, and 5 from his perspective.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

To solve this, reverse the operations from the final state (2,3,4,5). Undo operation 2: third from right (card at position 2) was moved to last, so before that: 2,5,3,4. Undo operation 1: leftmost card (2) was moved to last, so original order: 3,5,4,2. This matches option B.

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