1. Sam was standing outside the theatre. "Excuse me, Sir," he said, tapping the man ahead of him on the shoulder. "How many are there in this queue?" "A couple of dozen, or so," the man replied, shaking his head. "It's easy to count them." "Of course, but there aren't that many," Sam told him. "In fact, if you add a quarter of those ahead of me to a third of those behind me, you get the number of my place in the line." How many were there?

17 in the line-up

16 in the line-up

18 in the line-up