The Four Houses: The Sailor, the Tea Drinker, and the Person in the Red House
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Four houses stand in a row, numbered 1 to 4 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 cat owner is somewhere to the left of the person in the grey house.
2. The water drinker is the person in the blue house.
3. The person in the red house is immediately to the left of the horse keeper.
4. The water drinker is the cat owner.
5. The dog owner is directly next to the fish keeper.
6. The chess player is the person in the grey house.
7. The painter is the juice drinker.
8. The beer drinker is the person in the red house.
9. The horse keeper is not the painter.
10. The reader is the dog owner.
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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 (1–4) does “the person in the red house” end up at? Answer with the number.
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