23. In a basketball passing drill, 5 basketball players stand evenly spaced around a circle. The player with the ball (the passer) passes it to another player (the receiver). The receiver cannot be the player to the passer's immediate right or left and cannot be the player who last passed the ball. A designated player begins the drill as the first passer. This player will be the receiver for the first time on which pass of the ball?

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is B

Explanation

Assume that 5 players stand in a circle clockwise for ABCDE. A is the first passer. According to the rules, A can only pass to C or D. Suppose it is passed to C, then according to the rules, C can only pass to E (BD is adjacent to C, and A is the last passer). By analogy, it will be passed to B, then D, and finally back to A. So it was sent back only the fifth time. If A is passed to D at the beginning, then similarly, it is also passed back for the fifth time. So choose B.