The Five Houses: The Baker, the Brit, and the Person in the Green House
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Five houses 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 person in the green house is directly next to the tea drinker.
2. The gardener is not the Swede.
3. The Swede is immediately to the left of the Dane.
4. The fish keeper is immediately to the left of the dog owner.
5. The dog owner is immediately to the left of the Norwegian.
6. The juice drinker is not the cat owner.
7. The milk drinker is somewhere to the left of the juice drinker.
8. The fish keeper is somewhere to the left of the chess player.
9. The Norwegian is immediately to the right of the person in the white house.
10. The painter is directly next to the person in the grey house.
11. The Norwegian is not the beer drinker.
12. The gardener is immediately to the left of the water drinker.
13. The bird keeper is immediately to the left of the Pole.
14. The water drinker is immediately to the right of the person in the blue house.
15. The beer drinker is immediately to the left of the bird keeper.
16. The Norwegian is immediately to the right of the baker.
17. The milk drinker is not the painter.
18. The baker is not the beer drinker.
Hints
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Hint 2
Hint 3
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 house (1–5) does “the Swede” end up at? Answer with the number.
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