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

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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. Maya is immediately to the right of the owner of the red mug. 2. The owner of the orange mug is immediately to the right of the cookie eater. 3. The grape eater is not the fern keeper. 4. Leo is not the fern keeper. 5. The fern keeper is immediately to the right of Tomás. 6. The cookie eater is somewhere to the left of Finn. 7. The apple eater is immediately to the left of Leo. 8. The basil grower is immediately to the right of the ivy keeper. 9. The TypeScript programmer is not the cracker eater. 10. The grape eater is immediately to the left of the owner of the black mug. 11. The cactus keeper is somewhere to the left of the pretzel eater. 12. Maya is immediately to the right of the fern keeper. 13. The Python programmer is immediately to the right of the owner of the white mug. 14. The Go programmer is directly next to the owner of the white mug. 15. The orchid keeper is not Tomás. 16. The orchid keeper is somewhere to the left of the Python programmer. 17. The Kotlin programmer is immediately to the right of the cactus keeper.

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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 “Leo” end up at? Answer with the number.

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