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The Five Platforms: The Traveler With the Duffel Bag, the Traveler Bound For Geneva, and the Traveler Reading a Manual

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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. The traveler reading a guidebook is immediately to the left of the traveler with the satchel. 2. The traveler bound for Vienna is immediately to the right of the traveler holding a standard ticket. 3. The traveler with the suitcase is somewhere to the left of the traveler holding a rail pass. 4. The traveler with the suitcase is immediately to the left of the traveler with the trunk. 5. The traveler holding a group fare is immediately to the left of the traveler holding a standard ticket. 6. The traveler holding a rail pass is somewhere to the left of the traveler with the duffel bag. 7. The traveler with the backpack is somewhere to the left of the traveler bound for Geneva. 8. The traveler with the duffel bag is the traveler reading a manual. 9. The traveler with the backpack is immediately to the left of the traveler bound for Porto. 10. The traveler doing a crossword is immediately to the left of the traveler bound for Kraków. 11. The traveler bound for Geneva is directly next to the traveler holding a day-return ticket. 12. The traveler with the trunk is somewhere to the left of the traveler reading a novel.

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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 platform (1–5) does “the traveler reading a comic” end up at? Answer with the number.

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