There are precisely 9 portraits of 9 animals hanging on the wall of a museum. The animals are:
Bear, cat, dog, hamster, horse, lion, monkey, mouse, and tiger.
Precisely one animal is displayed on each of these portraits.

The portraits are displayed in terms of a 3x3 grid as follows:

     A   B   C
   +---+---+---+
 1 |   |   |   |  
   +---+---+---+
 2 |   |   |   |
   +---+---+---+
 3 |   |   |   |
   +---+---+---+

Where, each of A, B, and C represents the three columns, and each of 1, 2, and 3 denotes the three rows.
The following is known about the order of the portraits:

1. Two of the portraits in each of Row-3 and Column-C have two animals that start with the same letter.
2. The bear is in the same row as the hamster.
3. The dog is in Cell 2A.
4. The horse is in the same row as the monkey.
5. The dog is NOT next to the tiger.
6. The monkey is either above or below the dog
7. Either the lion or the tiger is below the cat.

Determine the order of the portraits from the above-mentioned clues.

    A   B   C
   +---+---+---+
 1 | B | C | h |  
   +---+---+---+
 2 | D | L | T |
   +---+---+---+
 3 | M | m | H |
   +---+---+---+

Lower case indicates a rodent.

Posted by Jer on 2022-04-21 08:08:16