The Five Houses: The Fish Keeper, the Person in the White House, and the Sailor

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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 baker is directly next to the fish keeper. 2. The person in the blue house is directly next to the horse keeper. 3. The bird keeper is somewhere to the left of the Swede. 4. The sailor is directly next to the person in the red house. 5. The person in the red house is directly next to the cat owner. 6. The baker is somewhere to the left of the bird keeper. 7. The gardener is somewhere to the left of the Swede. 8. The reader is not the Dane. 9. The person in the grey house is somewhere to the left of the German. 10. The Norwegian is directly next to the reader. 11. The Pole is immediately to the left of the gardener. 12. The Swede is immediately to the right of the reader. 13. The German is immediately to the right of the painter. 14. The bird keeper is not the person in the grey house. 15. The person in the white house is immediately to the right of the person in the yellow house.

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

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