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The Five Houses: The Cat Owner, the German, and the Coffee Drinker

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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 tea drinker is immediately to the right of the German. 2. The milk drinker is the person in the yellow house. 3. The coffee drinker is not the horse keeper. 4. The German is directly next to the person in the grey house. 5. The Pole is immediately to the right of the tea drinker. 6. The Norwegian is somewhere to the left of the chess player. 7. The dog owner is directly next to the Pole. 8. The fish keeper is the Swede. 9. The beer drinker is somewhere to the left of the reader. 10. The Norwegian is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 11. The person in the red house is directly next to the coffee drinker. 12. The baker is immediately to the right of the cat owner. 13. The beer drinker is immediately to the left of the baker. 14. The horse keeper is somewhere to the left of the bird keeper. 15. The Pole is immediately to the left of the Swede. 16. The person in the white house is not the horse keeper. 17. The tea drinker is immediately to the left of the sailor. 18. The Brit is somewhere to the left of the Norwegian.

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Solution

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

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