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The Five Desks: Leo, Maya, Noor, Inés, and Finn

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Five desks stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from left to right. Each holds exactly one of each attribute, and no attribute repeats. Work out the full arrangement from these clues: 1. The Swift programmer is immediately to the right of the cookie eater. 2. The Python programmer is immediately to the left of the basil grower. 3. The Kotlin programmer is immediately to the left of the Python programmer. 4. Leo is the ivy keeper. 5. The Kotlin programmer is immediately to the left of the owner of the green mug. 6. The bonsai keeper is somewhere to the left of the owner of the red mug. 7. Inés is immediately to the right of Maya. 8. The owner of the white mug is somewhere to the left of the grape eater. 9. Inés is not the owner of the white mug. 10. The almond eater is not the owner of the black mug. 11. The cracker eater is immediately to the right of the Swift programmer. 12. Inés is the orchid keeper. 13. The bonsai keeper is immediately to the right of the pretzel eater. 14. Finn is immediately to the left of the owner of the blue mug. 15. The TypeScript programmer is immediately to the right of the cracker eater. 16. The owner of the blue mug is not Noor. 17. The owner of the white mug is not the Kotlin programmer.

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Solution

Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.

In the final arrangement, which numbered desk (1–5) does “Maya” end up at? Answer with the number.

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