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The Five Houses: The Person in the Green House, the Tea Drinker, and the Chess Player

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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 fish keeper is not the gardener. 2. The milk drinker is immediately to the right of the person in the grey house. 3. The horse keeper is not the gardener. 4. The baker is immediately to the left of the milk drinker. 5. The rabbit owner is immediately to the right of the bird keeper. 6. The person in the white house is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 7. The person in the blue house is immediately to the right of the gardener. 8. The milk drinker is immediately to the right of the water drinker. 9. The coffee drinker is directly next to the horse keeper. 10. The juice drinker is somewhere to the left of the cat owner. 11. The cat owner is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 12. The coffee drinker is not the person in the red house. 13. The sailor is not the person in the red house. 14. The chess player is immediately to the right of the tea drinker. 15. The bird keeper is immediately to the left of the painter.

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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 house (1–5) does “the cat owner” end up at? Answer with the number.

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