Analysing The Story of Four High School Friends
What was the story?
GIVEN DATA :
First Name : Hank, Gladys, Cathy, Alan
Last Name : Collins, Burbank, Gunderson, Williams
College : State College, University, Community College, Private College
HINTS :
1. No student's first name begins with the first letter as her or his last name, and no students first name's last letter is the same as his last name's last letter.
2. Neither Hank or Williams went to the community college.
3. Alan, Collins, and the student who went to the university all lived on the same street. The other student lived two blocks away.
4. Gladys and Hank lived next door to each other.
5. The private college accepted Hank's application, but he decided he could not afford to go there.
STEPS :
1] Let's make a table like below and fill it as per hints.
2] As per Hint (3), we have, Alan, Collins and student going to the university as 3 different students.
4] As per (2), Hank and Williams are two different students. And as per (4), Gladys and Hank must be at 2 & 3 (and anyhow these are only blocks left for them) but order yet to be known. So, Williams is certainly not at 3 or 2. And as per (1), Gladys can't be Gunderson or Collins or Williams & Hank can't be Burbank. Therefore, Hank must be Collins at 2 and Gladys must be Burbank at 3.
5] Now, as per (1), Alan can't be Gunderson hence must be Williams and Cathy must be Gunderson.
6] As per (2), neither Hank nor Williams went to community college, hence Cathy Gunderson must be. And as per (5), Hank didn't choose private college hence must have chosen state college while Alan Williams must be in private college.
7] Therefore, the final table looks like as below.
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