After recent events, Question Mark is annoyed with his brother, Skid Mark. Skid thought it would be funny to hide Question's wallet. He told Question that he would get it back if he finds it.
So, first off, Skid laid five colored keys in a row. One of them is a key to a room where Skid is hiding Question's wallet. Using the clues, can you determine the order of the keys and which is the right key?
Red: This key is somewhere to the left of the key to the door.
Blue: This key is not at one of the ends.
Green: This key is three spaces away from the key to the door (2 between).
Yellow: This key is next to the key to the door.
Orange: This key is in the middle.
G R O B Y
The key to the door is Blue
Orange is in position 3.
Blue is in either position 2 or 4.
From statements, the key to the door cannot be Red, Green, or Yellow.
The key to the door also cannot be Orange because then Green would have to be at positions 0 or 6.
Therefore, the key to the door is Blue, either at position 2 or 4.
If the Blue (door) key were at position 2, Yellow would be at 1 and Red could not be to the left of the key to the door.
Therefore the (Blue) key to the door is at position 4, and the solution falls into place with Yellow at 5, Green at 1, and Red in the last unclaimed location: 2.
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Posted by Larry
on 2024-02-01 09:44:49 |
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