Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Eight Women

Eight women, including Ms Irwin, went into a department store to buy one item each. Each went directly to the floor where the item she needed was sold, made the purchase, and left immediately. Two items were sold on each of the store’s four floors (first floor through fourth floor). Can you find each woman's full name (one was named Gracie), the item she bought, the floor it was sold on, and, in the cases of the women who left the first floor and how each arrived at and left the floor of their purchase?

(1) The three women who used the escalator at least once were Eilsa, Ms Kring, and the woman who bought the oil painting;
(2) The dress and the radio were sold on the same floor;
(3) The three women who used the elevator to get both up and down were Dielia (who bought the lamp), Ms Loing, and the woman who bought the radio;
(4) Ms Nielson got her item on the fourth floor;
(5) Claria did not buy the ring. She and Beth went to the same floor;
(6) The three women who did not use the elevator at all were Eilsa, Ms Miller, and the woman who bought the coat;
(7) Helen used both the elevator and escalator;
(8) The woman who bought the linens went down by escalator;
(9) Ms Jonas and Alice took the elevator to their different floors. Flo and the woman who bought the books took the escalator up together, since they were going to the same floor. All four rode down on the elevator at the same time and met Ms Perkins as she entered it on the ground floor;
(10) The only woman to use the stairs was Ms Owens, who did not make her purchase on the third floor.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Windymiller said...

Ok, here goes...

Ms Gracie Perkins, Radio on 3rd Floor, Up Elevator, Down Elevator

Ms Eilise Owens, Linens on 2nd Floor, Up Stairs, Down Escalator

Ms Dielia Jonas, Lamp on 2nd Floor, Up Elevator, Down Elevator

Ms Claria Irwin, Coat on 1st Floor, Up None, Down None

Ms Helen Kring, Books on 4th Floor, Up Escalator, Down Elevator

Ms Alice Loing, Dress on 3rd Floor, Up Elevator, Down Elevator

Ms Flo Nielson, Oil Painting on 4th Floor, Up Escalator, Down Elevator

Ms Beth Miller, Ring on 1st Floor, Up None, Down None


Hope it's right :)

October 31, 2009 5:02 AM  
Anonymous Zaux said...

Windy ... did you try The Mall Problem? Very similiar ... no one solved it ....

November 30, 2009 7:07 PM  

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