In a greyhound race, 36 dogs participated. The number of dogs that finished before Punta was four times smaller than the number of those who finished after him.

What was Punta's position?

(L. Hozová)
All the dogs without Punto was $36-1=35$. One fifth of this number is $35: 5=7$; before Punto, 7 dogs ran, behind Punto, $7 \cdot 4=28$ dogs ran. Punto ran eighth.

Evaluation. 3 points for dividing 35 dogs without Punto into fifths; 3 points for dividing the dogs before/behind Punto and placing Punto.

#