Priya is playing a game of hide and seek with her friends Akira and Jamal. Priya is "it" and is currently counting with her eyes closed at the home base. Akira hides in a shed behind the house, while Jamal hides in a tree that Priya can see directly from the home base. Unbeknownst to Priya and Jamal, the shed has a back door, and while Priya is still counting, Akira quietly leaves the shed through the back door and sneaks into the house to hide under the bed. Just as Priya finishes counting and opens her eyes, Jamal climbs down from the tree and runs to a different hiding spot behind a wall that Akira previously passed on his way to the house. Priya then seeks out Jamal behind the wall, where she successfully finds him because she saw him move there. However, when Priya asks Jamal if he saw where Akira went, Jamal says no, because he did not witness Akira leaving the shed and entering the house. Where will Priya look for Akira first and why? Provide a very brief response.
Priya will likely look for Akira in the shed first because that is the last location Priya associated with Akira before closing her eyes to count. As far as Priya knows, Jamal had a clear view of the shed before he moved to his new hiding spot behind the wall. Since Jamal said he did not see where Akira went, Priya has no reason to believe that Akira left the shed. Priya is unaware of the shed's back door and Akira's actions after she closed her eyes to count, and likewise, she is unaware that Jamal did not actually see Akira leave because he was focused on finding his own new hiding spot. Thus, Priya's search will be informed by her last point of reference concerning Akira's location and the information available to her, which leads her to the shed as the starting point in her search for Akira.