Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

If you overtake the last-place runner, then you are in . . . ?

  1. last

  2. 2nd last

  3. 2nd

  4. none of these

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D Correct answer
Explanation

You cannot overtake the person in last place. If you are behind them, they are not in last place—you are. If they are truly last, there is no one behind them to overtake them.