The Four Houses: The Water Drinker, the Person in the Green House, and the Horse Keeper

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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 person in the green house is somewhere to the left of the milk drinker. 2. The person in the yellow house is directly next to the cat owner. 3. The water drinker is immediately to the right of the reader. 4. The bird keeper is immediately to the left of the juice drinker. 5. The person in the grey house is immediately to the left of the fish keeper. 6. The cat owner is not the person in the green house. 7. The person in the grey house is the chess player. 8. The person in the yellow house is immediately to the right of the beer drinker. 9. The baker is somewhere to the left of the water drinker.

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In the final arrangement, which numbered house (1–4) does “the beer drinker” end up at? Answer with the number.

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