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Another Item Puzzle (Posted on 2007-01-21) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Five persons bought five different items. Each person bought precisely one item and the cost of each of the items is different.

First Names: Elsa, Diana, David, Doug, Francis
Last Names: Greenfield, Watson, Becker, Bloom, Jackson
Items: Cake, Pie, Fruit, Cheese, Coffee
Item Costs : $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00

1. Francis’ last name is not Jackson.
2. The man who bought the coffee paid the highest price which is precisely twice that of the fruit.
3. The cheese sold for $2.00 less than the coffee and was purchased by Becker.
4. Ms. Greenfield bought the pie for precisely two-third of what the cake cost.
5. The items bought by Watson and David were coffee and cake (not necessarily in this order).
6. The pie cost 50 cents more than the fruit.
7. Doug paid $6.00 for his item.
8. None of Francis, Denise and Becker paid more than $5.00 for their items

From the clues given above, determine the first and the last names of each person, the items purchased by each person and the cost of each of the items.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 3.0000 (3 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Elsa Becker bought cheese for $5.00.

Denise Greenfield bought pie for $4.00.

David Jackson bought coffee for $7.00.

Doug Watson bought cake for $6.00.

Francis Bloom bought fruit for for $3.50.

EXPLANATTION:

Refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

For other methods, refer to the comments.

Note: There was a typographical anomaly in the problem text, and the second entry in the "First Names" row should read Denise instead of Diana.

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
re(2): the correct solutionCarnation2007-03-27 06:47:17
Solutionre: the correct solutionCarnation2007-03-27 06:46:07
the correct solutionGabrielle Waldman2007-01-24 13:27:21
SolutionShani Sambrano2007-01-23 20:38:01
re: Uh, Oh! (solution/spoiler present)Jyqm2007-01-21 15:48:14
SolutionSolutionCharles Archibals2007-01-21 14:45:46
SolutionUh, Oh! (solution/spoiler present)Charlie2007-01-21 11:41:01
SolutionSolutionTamTam2007-01-21 11:40:57
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