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Cats Have 9 Squares
9 cats Andar, Balak, Collo, Erec, Indan, Kyft, Meva, Qupuwu, & Yitsim are positioned in a 3 by 3 grid; you know 3 things about them:
1. Balak, the leader, always sits in the top left.
2. Erec, the kitten, never sits in the top row.
3. None of the adjacent cats (even diagonal) share a single letter.
Where are they positioned?
1. Balak, the leader, always sits in the top left.
2. Erec, the kitten, never sits in the top row.
3. None of the adjacent cats (even diagonal) share a single letter.
Where are they positioned?
Hint
Meva is in a corner.Answer
Balak; Yitsim; AndarErec; Qupuwu; Collo
Indan; Kyft; Meva
Steps:
1. Qupuwu is the only one to share no letters, therefore they must be in the middle.
2. The only 2 to not share a letter with Balak are Yitsim & Erec; Erec cannot be in the top row, so Erec is below Balak & Yitsim is beside.
Balak; Yitsim; ????
Erec; Qupuwu; ????
????; ????; ????
3. Since there are 4 "A" names, they must go in the corners. The remaining "A" names are Andar, Indan, & Meva. For the corner next to Yitsim only Andar can go there because of Indan's "I" and Meva's "M".
4. The remaining name to not share a letter with Yitsim is Collo, so they go below Andar.
Balak; Yitsim; Andar
Erec; Qupuwu; Collo
????; ????; ????
5. Kyft must go in the center of the last row because of the previously mentioned 4 "A"s.
6. Meva & Erec can not be next to each other so Indan is below Erec & Meva is below Collo.
Balak; Yitsim; Andar
Erec; Qupuwu; Collo
Indan; Kyft; Meva
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