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At a musical recital five students (Zak, Rachel, Jeremy, Jessi, and Michael) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions:
1.The composers were not played consecutively.
2. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
3. There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
4. There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
5. Rachel played third.
6. Michael played the piano, and immediately followed Zak, who played a piece by Mozart.:
7. Jessi did not play a piece by Vivaldi
1.The composers were not played consecutively.
2. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
3. There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
4. There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
5. Rachel played third.
6. Michael played the piano, and immediately followed Zak, who played a piece by Mozart.:
7. Jessi did not play a piece by Vivaldi
Answer
First, Zak played a piece by Mozart on the violin.Second, Michael played a piece by Bach on the piano.
Third, Rachel played a piece by Mozart on the violin.
Fourth, Jessi played a piece by Bach on the violin.
Fifth, Jeremy played a piece by Vivaldi on the piano.
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Awsome! It's approved
I love these kind of teasers! They're easy for me, but good one!
How could Zach have been first when clue 6 says Zach followed Micheal?
Sorry, I worded it weird, but wahat it's saying is Michael played the piano, "following" Zach
The phrase, "and immediately followed Zak" could mean either 1) "and immediately was followed by Zak" or, 2) "and immediately followed after Zak". Just a little different wording would have made it clear.
I was fun. I liked it even though I found it easy. Icluding the part about Micheal and Zak. Not too hard.
I think the phrase "and immediately followed Zak" is clear. You can't read it the other way without the "by".
Zak (Zakhep)
Rachel (4whels)
Jeremy (jeminy)
Jessi (LuvDov)
Michael (legotboy)
Rachel (4whels)
Jeremy (jeminy)
Jessi (LuvDov)
Michael (legotboy)
good one! I enjoyed it
The only way to get a unique answer out of this one is to interpret clue #1 as meaning "No two consecutive pieces were by the same composer." I interpreted it as "The order was not: all of composer 1, followed by all of composer 2, followed by all of composer 3." The second interpretation allows the composer order: {Mozart, Bach, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi}, which opens up a bunch of alternate answers.
As has been previously mentioned, the real answer to this puzzle is based on interpretation of the clues and a concrete answer is negotiable
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