| By clue 1, the five regular customers of Lunch-on-the-Go spent from $4.00-6.00
for their lunches, with no two spending the same amount. By clue 2, Jim
spent $1.00 more than Ruland, who spent $.50 more than the person who
purchased the hamburger; while by clue 6, Ian's meal cost $1.00 more than
that of the Charter Accountants employee, whose food cost $.50 more than
that of the person who meets the van on 4th Street. Since six people are
named in clues 2 and 6, there must be some overlap between the clues. Since
no two spent the same sum (clue 1), Ruland isn't the Charter Accountants
employee and the hamburger wasn't sold on 4th Street. If Ian had bought
the hamburger, combining clues 2 and 6 and would give Jim spending the high
of $6.00, Ruland $5.00, Ian $4.50, the Charter Accountants person $3.50,
and the 4th Street regular $3.00-the last two sums contradicting clue 1.
If Ian were Ruland, then letting Jim pay the $6.00 (1) would give Ian paying
$5.00, the hamburger costing $4.50, the Charter Accountants employee spending
$4.00, and the 4th Street regular paying $3.50--contradicting the $4.00 low in
clue 1. So, Ian is the fourth regular to the three in clue 2. If the 4th
Street regular in clue 6 were Jim in clue 2, letting Ian's meal cost $6.00
would give the Charter Accountants employee spending $5.00, Jim paying $4.50,
Ruland spending $3.50, and the hamburger going for $3.00--no (1). If the
4th Street regular were Ruland, then Ian would have spent $6.00, the Charter
Accountants employee $5.00, Ruland on 4th Street $4.50, Jim $5.50, and the
person enjoying the hamburger $4.00. By clue 2, since Ruland would have met
Lunch-on-the-Go on 4th Street, Jim would have met it on 3rd. Then by clue 3,
since Jim would have paid the second most, $5.50, for his food, Kevin would
have bought his lunch on 2nd Street and the employee from Jill's Boutique
would be Ruland. Ian, who would have spent $6.00, would have met the van
on 1st Street (4). Since the hamburger would have cost the least, by clue 4,
it would have been bought by Kevin, a conflict with clue 12. So the 4th
Street regular isn't Ruland. If the Charter Accounts employee in clue 6 were
Jim in clue 2, letting Ian's expenditure be $6.00 would have Jim spending
$5.00, the 4th Street regular's meal costing $4.50, Ruland paying $4.00, and
the hamburger selling for $3.50--no (1). The only possible overlap between
clues 2 and 6 is that the Charter Accountants worker bought the hamburger.
Then, between clues 2 and 6, Jim spent the most, $6.00 (1) for his food, with
Ruland spending $5.00, the hamburger costing $4.50, Ian paying $5.50, and the
customer on 4th Street spending the least, $4.00. Since the latter amount
isn't the second most spent, by clue 3, Kevin met the van on 2nd Street, Ian
paid the $5.50 on 3rd Street, and the customer on 4th Street works at Jill's
Boutique. By clue 2, Jim must have met Lunch-on-the-Go at 1st Street and
Ruland on 2nd Street. By elimination, the Charter Accountants employee bought
the hamburger on 5th Street. By clue 8, Kevin works at Seamless Software.
Ian works at PCN Bank and Preston at Charter Accountants (9). By elimination,
Jim is at Truefit Tires. Then Jim's surname is Thompson (5). By clue 9, Lisa
is Preston; and Michelle works at Jill's Boutique. Then Michelle bought the
taco (7). By clue 10, Jim's order was the chicken barbecue, and Ian is Scholl.
Michelle is Quivers. Finally, Ian had a meatball sub and Kevin a Caesar salad
(11). In sum, the five Lunch-on-the-Go purchases were
- 1st St. - Jim Thompson, Truefit Tires, chicken barbecue, $6.00
- 2nd St. - Kevin Ruland, Seamless Software, Caesar salad, $5.00
- 3rd St. - Ian Scholl, PCN Bank, meatball sub, $5.50
- 4th St. - Michelle Quivers, Jill's Boutique, taco, $4.00
- 5th St. - Lisa Preston, Charter Accountants, hamburger, $4.50
|
|
|
