Who Lives Where?

There are 4 big houses in my home town.

They are made from these materials: red marbles, green marbles, white marbles and blue marbles. 

Mrs Jennifer's house is somewhere to the left of the green marbles one and the third one along is white marbles.

Mrs Sharon owns a red marbles house and Mr Cruz does not live at either end, but lives somewhere to the right of the blue marbles house. 

Mr Danny lives in the fourth house, while the first house is not made from red marbles. 

Who lives where, and what is their house made from ?

HERE is step by step process to know who lives where! 

Location and Owner of Each House

What are the hints given?

Take a look at the given details once again - 

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1. Mrs Jennifer's house is somewhere to the left of the green marbles one.

2. The third house along is white marbles.

3. Mrs Sharon owns a red marbles house.

4. Mr Cruz does not live at either end.

5. Mr Cruz lives somewhere to the right of the blue marbles house. 

6. Mr Danny lives in the fourth house, 

7. The first house is not made from red marbles.

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Let's make a table of location, owner and material used for house as below and then fill up as per given details.

STEPS : 

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1.As per clue no. 6 and 7, we have,

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2. As per clue no.2, we have,

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3. The clue no.3 suggests, Mrs Sharon owns a red marbles house. The only location available for this combination is second house. Hence,

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4. The clue no.4 indicates that Mr Cruz does not live at either end. 

So, the only place that is not at the either end is house no.3 made up of white marbles. Hence, Mr. Cruz must be living at this house.

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5. As per clue no.1, Jennifer needs to be somewhere to the left of the green marbles one. 

That green house has to be the fourth house in row and Jennifer must be living in the first house made up of blue marbles for above clue to be true.

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"How Did They Cross The River?"

Five men and five dogs (each man owned a dog) went hiking. They encountered a river that was swift and deep. The only way to cross it was an abandoned boat, left ashore on their side. But it would only hold three living things. 

Unfortunately, the dogs were edgy and could not be near another person (not even momentarily) unless its owner was present. One of the dogs attended a highly advanced, highly specialized obedience school and therefore knew how to operate the boat (as the men did) -- the other dogs lack this skill. 

How did the five men and the five dogs cross the river?

THIS is how they accepted the challenge! 

The Challenge of River Crossing

What was the challenge?

Let's name five men as M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 & five dogs as D1, D2, D3, D4, D5.
Assume D1 be the dog having advanced skills of operating boat.

TRAVEL CHART :

1] The dog D1 rows D2, D3 across the river and returns back. After returning back D1 takes D4 across the river & returns back once again.

START : D1-M1, D5-M5, M2, M3, M4  DESTINATION : D2, D3, D4

2] Now, M2, M3 and M4 cross river.

START : D1-M1, D1-M5  DESTINATION : D2-M2, D3-M3, D4-M4

3] Someone from DESTINATION needs to return back to allow others at START to cross the river. So, D4-M4 returns and D1-M1 cross the river. 

START : D4-M4, D5-M5  DESTINATION : D1-M1, D2-M2, D3-M3

4] After D1-M1 reaches to the DESTINATION, D3-M3 returns back.

START : D3-M3, D4-M4, D5-M5  DESTINATION : D1-M1, D2-M2

5] Now, M3, M4 and M5 cross the river.

START : D3, D4, D5  DESTINATION : D1-M1, D2-M2, M3, M4, M5.

6] Finally, the dog D1 at the DESTINATION returns back and makes 2 trips to take D3, D4 and D5 across the river.

START : None  DESTINATION : D1-M1, D2-M2, D3-M3, D4-M4, D5-M5.

This way, five men and five dog cross the river successfully.

The Camel and Banana Puzzle

The owner of a banana plantation has a camel. He wants to transport his 3000 bananas to the market, which is located after the desert. The distance between his banana plantation and the market is about 1000 kilometer. So he decided to take his camel to carry the bananas. The camel can carry at the maximum of 1000 bananas at a time, and it eats one banana for every kilometer it travels.

What is the most bananas you can bring over to your destination?

As many as 'these' numbers of bananas can be saved!

The Camel and Banana Puzzle : Solution

What was the puzzle? 

 Let A be the starting point and B be the destination in this transportation. If the camel is taken with 1000 bananas at start, to reach the point B which is 1000 km away from A, it needs 1000 bananas. So there will be no bananas left to return back to point A.

That's why we need to break down the journey into 3 parts.

Part 1 :

For every 1 km the camel needs to -

1. Move ahead 1 km with 1000 bananas but eat 1 banana in a way.

2. Leave 998 bananas at the point and take 1 banana to return back to previous point.

3. Pick up another 1000 bananas and move forward while eating 1 banana.

4. Drop 998 bananas at the same point. Return back to previous point by consuming 1 banana.

5. Pick left over 1000 bananas and move 1km forward while consuming 1 banana to same point where 998 + 998 bananas are dropped. Now, the camel doesn't need to  return back to previous point. So, 998 + 998 + 999 are carried to the point.

That is for every 1km, the camel needs 5 bananas.

After 200 km from point A, the camel eats of 200x5 = 1000 bananas and at this point the part 1 ends.

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PART 2 :

1. Move ahead 1 km with 1000 bananas but eat 1 banana in a way.

2. Leave 998 bananas at the point and take 1 banana to return back to previous point.

3. Pick up another 1000 bananas and move forward to the point where 998 bananas left while eating 1 banana.

Now, the camel needs only 3 bananas per km.

So for next 333 km, the camel eats up 333x3 = 999 bananas.

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PART 3 :

So far, the camel has travelled 200 + 333 = 533 km from point A and needs to cover 1000 - 533 = 467 km more to reach at B.

Number of bananas left are 3000 - 1000 - 999 = 1001.

Now, instead of wasting another 3 bananas for next 1 km here, better drop 1 banana at the point P2 and move ahead to B with 1000 bananas. This time the camel doesn't need to go back at previous points & can move ahead straightaway.

For the remaining distance of 467 km, the camel eats up another 467 bananas and in the end 1000 - 467 = 533 bananas will be left.

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Clues From Talk About Boats

At the local model boat club, four friends were talking about their boats. There were a total of eight boats, two in each color, red, green, blue and yellow. 

1. Each friend owned two boats. 

2. No friend had two boats of the same color.

3. Alan didn't have a yellow boat.

4. Brian didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one.

5. One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat and another friend had a green boat and a blue boat. 

6. Charles had a yellow boat. 

7. Darren had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.

Can you work out which friend had which colored boats? 

Know here step by step process of finding owners! 

Source 

Owners Of Boats

What's the task given? 

First let's rewrite all the clues here.

1. Each friend owned two boats. 

2. No friend had two boats of the same color.

3. Alan didn't have a yellow boat.

4. Brian didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one.

5. One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat and another friend had a green boat and a blue boat. 

6. Charles had a yellow boat. 

7. Darren had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.

Let's make 2 set of 4 colors of boats. Below is the table with owners in row & color of boats in columns.  

Below are clues which giving clear idea of owner of particular colored boat.

3. Alan didn't have a yellow boat.

4. Brian didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one.

6. Charles had a yellow boat.

7. Darren had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.

We will fill this table one by one as per clues given.

Now, consider the first part of this clue.

5. One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat.

Now Alan won't have this combination as he doesn't own yellow boat at all. The Brian already had green boat, so he too can't have this combination as in that case he would own 3 boats.

Let's assume Charles had this combination then other would have boats as below.

Birbal The Wise!

Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. 

The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it for you to find out the answer? 

A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar"s court with a complaint. "Your Majesty, I bought a well from him," said the farmer pointing to his neighbor, "and now he wants me to pay for the water." "That"s right, your Majesty," said the neighbor. "I sold him the well but not the water!" The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. 

Now it's very difficult to think what Birbal had in his mind at that time. Still you can give a try. How did Birbal solve the dispute? 

Read here how Birbal rescued the farmer! 

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Justice WIth The Farmer

What's the story behind the title? 

"So you have sold the well to the farmer but not the water?" Birbal asked the neighbor. 

"Do you agree that owner of well is the farmer & you are owner of water?" Birbal asks further.

"Exactly!", neighbor replied.

Birbal now points towards the valid question - "So you need to pay rent for keeping your water in his well, or take out all of the water out of well. Don't you?"

By now the neighbor realized that he was outwitted. He had no option other than to apologize & take back his claim.