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Summer Employment (Posted on 2003-11-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5
During the summer, Heidi earned money by working for four neighbors, doing a different job for each. Given the following information:
  1. Zach hired Heidi to walk his dogs.

  2. Either Angelica or Maurice lives at #141.

  3. Raquel lives two houses east of the person who employed Heidi as a babysitter.

  4. The neighbor who lives at #139 and the person who hired Heidi to do housecleaning are of opposite genders.

  5. It's not the person who hired Heidi to do gardening that lives in the easternmost house, #143.

  6. All the neighbors live in a row on the same side of the street.

Find each neighbor's name, house number, and the job that Heidi did for each.

  Submitted by DJ    
Rating: 3.4375 (16 votes)
Solution: (Hide)

#137   Zach      Walking dogs
#139   Maurice   Babysitting
#141   Angelica  Gardening
#143   Raquel    Housecleaning
First, since all four neighbors live in a row on the same side of the street, and the easternmost house is #143, the houses are (from west to east) numbers 137, 139, 141, and 143.
#137
#139
#141
#143
Raquel lives two houses east of the person who hired Heidi as a babysitter (clue 3); which must be house #141 or #143. She is not in #141 (clue 2); she lives at #143 and the person at #139 employed Heidi as a babysitter.
#137
#139                     Babysitting
#141 
#143   Raquel
Zach, who had his dogs walked, does not live in #143 (Raquel does), #141 (2), or #139 (that person hired her to babysit), so must live at #137.
#137   Zach              Walking Dogs
#139                     Babysitting
#141
#143   Raquel
The person who hired a gardener does not live in house #143 (5), #137, or #139, so the person at #141 hired Heidi to do gardening.
By elimination, Raquel hired her for housecleaning.
#137   Zach              Walking Dogs
#139                     Babysitting
#141                     Gardening
#143   Raquel            Housecleaning
Since Raquel, a girl, hired Heidi for housecleaning, a man lives at #139 (4), which must be Maurice.
Therefore, Angelica lives at #141.
#137   Zach        Walking Dogs
#139   Maurice     Babysitting
#141   Angelica    Gardening
#143   Raquel      Housecleaning

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  Subject Author Date
AnswerK Sengupta2008-03-11 23:57:40
SolutionSolutionDej Mar2008-03-11 03:54:43
SolutionSolutionpaige2003-11-26 23:22:42
answermuzo2003-11-23 00:35:25
Solutioncorrect answermax2003-11-21 21:15:06
possible answermarta2003-11-21 20:49:16
re: Solution (oops) + reason (SK's right)wonshot2003-11-21 12:34:06
re: my guessTrevor Leitch2003-11-21 12:31:25
Solutionwonshot2003-11-21 12:05:38
SolutionsolutionSilverKnight2003-11-21 11:57:19
re: possible answerBrian Affourtit2003-11-21 11:09:07
my guessBrian Affourtit2003-11-21 11:08:20
possible answerwalt2003-11-21 11:04:01
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