[CV098] Card Order

098 - Card Order

Card Order is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Curious Village. The puzzle must be solved in order to progress the story.

Puzzle

You've placed one joker and four aces with different suits facedown on a table. Use the hints below to determine the position for each card.

1. The club is to the immediate right of the heart.
2. Neither the diamond nor the joker is next to the spade.
3. Neither the joker nor the diamond is next to the club.
4. Neither the diamond nor the spade is next to the heart.

Hints

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If the club is to the immediate right of the heart, the heart can't be the rightmost card.

Neither the diamond nor the spade are next to the heart. You know that the club is to the immediate right of the heart. So the card to the left of the heart is either the joker, or the heart is the leftmost card itself.

The heart is to the immediate left of the club, and neither the joker nor the diamond are next to the club. So either the club is the rightmost card, or the spade lies to the right of it. Don't forget that the diamond, heart, and joker can't be next to the spade.

Therefore, the spade is the rightmost card, and the club lies to its immediate left.

From earlier hints, you know that from the right side, the cards appear in this order: spade, club, then heart.

As for the two remaining cards, you know that the diamond can't be next to the heart, so the joker must be the fourth card from the right.

Solution

Incorrect

Give it another try.

Keep all the listed conditions in mind when thinking up your answer.

Correct

Excellent!

Only a strong grasp of the principles of logic can get you through a puzzle like this.

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