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Five friends — A, B, C, D and E — were each born in a different month of the same year: January, March, June, September or December. C was born before A. Among these months in calendar order, A's month comes just before E's, and B's month comes just after E's. Exactly two of them were born in the months that fall between A's month and D's month. Who was born in the earliest of these months (January)?

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  • AB
  • BC
  • CA
  • DE

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Since A, E, B are consecutive, D is three positions after A, and C must precede A, C takes the only earlier slot — January. The order is January=C, March=A, June=E, September=B, December=D.
Answer: B) C

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