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The Five Platforms: Keiko, Mateo, Jonas, Priya, and Zara

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Five platforms 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. Priya is immediately to the left of the traveler doing a crossword. 2. Jonas is immediately to the right of the traveler holding a standard ticket. 3. Zara is immediately to the right of the traveler bound for Kraków. 4. The traveler holding a sleeper ticket is immediately to the right of the traveler with the guitar case. 5. The traveler bound for Bruges is not the traveler with the trunk. 6. The traveler reading a novel is somewhere to the left of the traveler reading a newspaper. 7. The traveler with the suitcase is immediately to the left of the traveler bound for Bruges. 8. The traveler holding a first-class ticket is immediately to the left of the traveler bound for Vienna. 9. The traveler bound for Prague is immediately to the right of the traveler bound for Kraków. 10. The traveler bound for Prague is somewhere to the left of the traveler with the guitar case. 11. Mateo is immediately to the right of the traveler bound for Prague. 12. The traveler reading a newspaper is immediately to the left of the traveler holding a standard ticket. 13. The traveler reading a comic is immediately to the right of the traveler with the trunk. 14. The traveler holding a group fare is somewhere to the left of the traveler with the suitcase. 15. The traveler with the duffel bag is somewhere to the left of the traveler bound for Bruges.

Hints

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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 platform (1–5) does “Mateo” end up at? Answer with the number.

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