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Car buying fever The clues
On East Wistful Vista Street there were only five houses on the block. They were numbered 102, 104, 106, 108 and 110. The owners of the houses were named Al, Ann, Arty, Alice and Arnold, and their last names were Ng, Pit, Bush, Tomas and Bitler. One day, one of them got tired of their old wreck and went out and bought a new car. Seeing the new car sitting in the driveway caused another person to go out and purchase a new car. Soon another got the idea, and before long all five had new cars. They all bought different cars. The cars purchased were a Laser Beam, a Light Source, a Zoomlet, a Mighty Fast and a Funrun. Based on the clues, match the order of purchase to the house address, the first and last names and the names of the new cars.
1. The people living at either end of the block did not buy their cars first or last. 2. No person’s first name had the same number of letters as their last names. 3. Al bought his car after Tomas and Bitler, or was it Bitler and Tomas, but before either Ann or Bush bought their cars. 4. Arnold Bush did not buy his car, a Funrun, last. 5. The first buyer was not Arty, and whoever it was did not live at either 104 or 106 East Wistful Vista. 6. The second and third car buyers bought either the Light Source or the Mighty Fast, and they also lived the farthest apart. It was the fourth car buyer who lived in the middle of the block. 7. Pit did not live in the last house on the block, and he could not afford the Light Source. 8. Bitler did not buy the Laser Beam.
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Al Ann Arty Alice Arnold
Al Ann Arty Alice Arnold
Al Ann Arty Alice Arnold
Al Ann Arty Alice Arnold
Al Ann Arty Alice Arnold
Ng Pit Bush Tomas Bitler
Ng Pit Bush Tomas Bitler
Ng Pit Bush Tomas Bitler
Ng Pit Bush Tomas Bitler
Laser Beam Light Source Zoomlet Mighty Fast Funrun
Laser Beam Light Source Zoomlet Mighty Fast Funrun
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