The Five Houses: The Person in the Yellow House, the Baker, 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 reader. 2. The Pole is immediately to the right of the beer drinker. 3. The coffee drinker is not the person in the green house. 4. The person in the red house is not the Norwegian. 5. The person in the blue house is immediately to the right of the coffee drinker. 6. The person in the red house is not the reader. 7. The Dane is immediately to the right of the milk drinker. 8. The gardener is immediately to the right of the person in the white house. 9. The coffee drinker is directly next to the baker. 10. The person in the red house is immediately to the right of the Dane. 11. The painter is the German. 12. The German is immediately to the right of the coffee drinker. 13. The reader is directly next to the person in the yellow house.

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

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