Monday, October 26, 2009

The Mall Problem

8 small store occupy the new Great Mall in the shape of a 3x3 grid (with the centre square being an open area) numbered 1 to 8 clockwise from the top left square. They are a bookstore, flower shop, frozen yogurt shop, futon shop, painting and wallpaper store, pizza, photo studio, and shoe store. The 8 proprietors include five women – Eimma, Francis, Ruith, Vecke and Ziina – and three men – Alberto, Georgio and Lukio. The proprietors’ last names are Cole, Gallo, Hanley, Jackson, Klein, Martinez, Riley and Silver. Can you match each shop’s number with the full name of its owner and the kind of shop he or she runs?

(1) On the northern wall are (in no particular order) Eimma’s store, Lukio’s store, and Hanley’s store;
(2) Riley’s shop is situated directly opposite the florist’s, and isn’t adjacent to Cole’s place;
(3) Klein’s shop and the pizzeria aren’t both on the eastern wall;
(4) Francis and Gallo are the only two women who don’t have corner stores;
(5) Neither Alberto’s store nor Jackson’s is on the southern wall;
(6) Georgio’s shop is adjacent to the Bookstore;
(7) On the western wall are (in no particular order) Vecke’s shop, Martinez’s shop, and Ziina’s futon shop;
(8) The pizzeria and the frozen yogurt shop occupy opposite corners of the mall;
(9) The florist is adjacent to the photo developer;
(10) The paint and wallpaper store is adjacent to both Ruith’s shop and the shoe store;
(11) Lukio’s shop is adjacent to Silver’s.

"That's all the information I have Holmes" said Watson.

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3 Comments:

Anonymous holmes said...

hey watson, go there again and get me more clues.. this ain't enough for me to get any idea..

October 29, 2009 12:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

best to draw out a table containing the following titles: shop names, first anmes, and last names

November 5, 2009 8:51 PM  
Anonymous Zaux said...

This is one tough son-of-a-gun ... I thought I had it solved, but did not meet two of the requirements.
Apparently, no one else could solve it either ....

November 29, 2009 4:09 PM  

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