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9. An Artist Needs to Arrange Seven Paintings on the Wall

An artist needs to arrange seven paintings on the wall of a room in an art gallery. the apaintings must be placed in consecutive order, 1st through 7th. Four of the paintings--Picasso, Benton, Tamayo, RIvera--are landscapes. THe rest van Gogh, GOya, matisse--are portraits. 1. the fifth painting must be a portrait. 2. portraits cannot be next to one another. 3. THe Goya is second. 4. If benton is the first, the the Tamayo is seventh. 5.THe RIvera cannot be placed in a lower numbered position than the Van Gogh. 6. The Picasso cannot be next to the Goya.

Submitted by tartle · Added 17 January 2013

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1st - Benton, 2nd - Goya, 3rd - Rivera, 4th - Picasso, 5th - Van Gogh, 6th - Tamayo, 7th - Matisse

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Red 13 August 2013

i'm assuming that as long as the Benton isn't first it doesn't matter where it or the Tamayo Goes
1st -7th
Tamayo,Goya,Benton,Picasso,vanGogh,Rivera,matisse

let me know if i've misunderstood the limitations

rajat789 3 March 2015

answer will be
1.benton 2. goya 3.vangoya 4.picasso 5.portrait 6.rivera 7.tamoya

ArmyMP84 23 February 2016

Red is correct on the order:

Tamayo, Goya, Benton, Picasso, Van Gogh, Rivera, Matisse

Rajat789 is incorrect, placing the Goya and Van Gogh next to each other violates rule #2 that portraits cannot be placed next to each other.

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