Precisely seven cards, "8" to Ace inclusively, are laid face down on the table in an arbitrary order. It is known that:
- Precisely one card is between the Ace and the "9".
- The "8" is between the King and the "10".
- There are exactly three cards between the King and the Ace.
- The Jack is located directly to the right of the Ace.
- The Queen is precisely in the middle.
- The Jack is somewhere to the right of the "10".
Determine the correct order of the cards from the above-mentioned clues.
The Queen is in position 4 (5).
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The Ace cannot be in position 1 (4&6), 2 (1), 3 (4), 6 (1), or 7 (4). Therefore the Ace is in position 5. From (4) the Jack is in position 6, and from (3) the King is in position 1.
K _ _ Q A J _
The 10 cannot be in position 2 (2) or 7 (6). So the 10 is in position 3. From (2) the 8 is in position 2, and the 9 is in position 7.
K 8 10 Q A J 9
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Posted by tomarken
on 2022-03-29 08:33:33 |
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