From a standard pack of cards, I remove four cards, one of each suit, and one of each of he ranks Jack, Queen, King and Ace. I lay them out in a line face downwards. Now, you have been given the following facts:

(a) The Heart isn’t next to the Club.

(b) No card is next to its immediate senior in rank.

(c) The colors of the suits alternate.

(d) The king and Queen are facing opposite directions.

Identify the four cards and their correct order.

Using the Freecell deck from XP (and as someone metioned several decks he looked at) and defining facing opposite directions as looking away from each other.  I come up with a unique solution of KH,JS,AD,QC - rather than the multiple solutions that the posted solution and the comment list suggest.

Although a several year old problem I wonder if this was the intended unique solution.

Posted by jduval on 2007-06-17 20:45:28