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

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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 orchid keeper is immediately to the right of the grape eater. 2. The almond eater is immediately to the right of Noor. 3. The basil grower is immediately to the left of the ivy keeper. 4. The basil grower is somewhere to the left of the cactus keeper. 5. The bonsai keeper is immediately to the left of the owner of the black mug. 6. Finn is immediately to the left of the Python programmer. 7. The owner of the blue mug is immediately to the right of the Rust programmer. 8. The owner of the black mug is somewhere to the left of the orchid keeper. 9. The apple eater is immediately to the right of the owner of the green mug. 10. Finn is immediately to the left of Maya. 11. The orchid keeper is not the Kotlin programmer. 12. The almond eater is immediately to the right of the TypeScript programmer. 13. The almond eater is immediately to the right of the grape eater. 14. Tomás is not the Rust programmer. 15. The almond eater is not Inés. 16. The Python programmer is somewhere to the left of the owner of the blue mug. 17. Tomás is not the owner of the orange mug. 18. The cracker eater is not the owner of the green mug.

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

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