Top four people and their occupation were listed in a magazine.
place 1st name surname occupation
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1 Isaac Newtune welder
2 Albert Eyeline gardener
3 Marie Curious cleaner
4 Paul Darling bricklayer
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However, only one entry in each of the three righmost columns was correctly positioned. The following facts were true:
(1) Albert was two places above the bricklayer.
(2) Darling was one place below Paul.
(3) Curious was two places below the welder.
Find the first name, surname and occupation for each position.
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Submitted by pcbouhid
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Rating: 3.3333 (3 votes)
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Solution:
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Using (1), Albert is at 1 or 2.
If he is at 1, then from (3), Paul is at 2 or 3. However, with Paul at 2 (and Darling at 3), from (2), Curious can only be at 4 and so it is not possible to find just one correct entry in the Surname column (Newtune and Eyeline must be both correct or both incorrect).
If Paul is at 3 (with Darling at 4), then from (2), Curious can only be at 3. This gives both Curious and Darling correct (invalid). So Albert must be at 2 (with the bricklayer at 4).
From (3), Paul can be at 1 or 3. However, if Paul is at 3 (with Darling at 4), then both Curious and Darling are correct (invalid). So Paul is at 1 (with Darling at 2).
From (2), Curious can now be at 3 or 4, but if Curious is at 3 (with the welder at 1) then both the welder and bricklayer are correct (invalid). This gives Curious at 4 (with the welder at 2).
For the 1st Name, only Albert is correct at 2, Marie can only be at 4 and so Isaac is at 3.
In the Surname column, only Newtune can be correct at 1, so Eyeline is at 3. The bricklayer must be the correct speciality at 4, the cleaner can only be at 1 and so the gardener is at 3.
1st Name Surname Occupation
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1 Paul Newtune Cleaner
2 Albert Darling Welder
3 Isaac Eyeline Gardener
4 Marie Curious Bricklayer
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