Ryan Kyle Ramos

Viene Gabrielle Rivera

GED102 A11

Zebra Puzzle

In the 10th floor of a condominium, there are five units (units A-E) that is adjacent
to each other. Five students, Charlene, Dean, Aldrich, Michelle, and Ivy each occupy a
single unit. Identify the age, unit, and the field of study of each student given the following
facts:

1. Aldrich is one year younger than the one studying psychology.

2. Charlene, who is 17 years old, has only one unit beside her unit.
3. The oldest student, who lives in unit D, is 22 years old.
4. Michelle lives between unit A and the one studying civil engineering.
5. The name of the one studying psychology has less than five letters.
6. The age of the one studying architecture is between the ages of Dean and the one
living in unit A.
7. Aldrich lives on unit E and studies computer science.
8. The one living in unit B is 4 years younger than the one living in unit D.
9. Dean lives on unit C.
10. The one studying biology is 17 years old.
Solution

From fact no. 7, we know that Aldrich lives on unit E and studies computer science.
Unit
Name
A B C D E
Charlene x
Dean x
Aldrich x x x x ✓
Michelle x
Ivy x

Field of Study
Name Computer
Science
Charlene x
Dean x
Aldrich ✓ x x x x
Michelle x
Ivy x

From fact no. 2, we know that Charlene is 17 years old. Since the only units with one
unit beside it are units A and E, Charlene must live on unit A since Aldrich lives on unit
E.
Age
Name
17
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x
Aldrich x
Michelle x
Ivy x

Unit
Name
A B C D E
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x
Aldrich x x x x ✓
Michelle x x
Ivy x x
From fact no. 4, we can deduce that Michelle lives on unit B since it is the only unit
beside unit A.
Unit
Name
A B C D E
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x x
Aldrich x x x x ✓
Michelle x ✓ x x x
Ivy x x x

From fact no. 9, we know that Dean lives on unit C. From this fact, we can deduce that
Ivy lives on unit D since it is the only unit left.
Unit
Name
A B C D E
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x ✓ x x
Aldrich x x x x ✓
Michelle x ✓ x x x
Ivy x x x ✓ x

From fact no. 10, we can deduce that Charlene is studying biology since she is 17 years
old. We can also deduce from fact no. 4 that Dean studies civil engineering since Michelle
lives between unit A and the one studying civil engineering (unit C).
Field of Study
Name Computer Civil
Biology
Science Engineering
Charlene x ✓ x x x
Dean x x ✓ x x
Aldrich ✓ x x x x
Michelle x x x
Ivy x x x
From fact no. 3, we can deduce that Ivy is 22 years old since she lives on unit D
Age
Name
17 22
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x
Aldrich x x
Michelle x x
Ivy x ✓ x x x

From fact no. 5, the one studying psychology can only be either Dean or Ivy, since they
are the only ones whose name has less than five letters. Since we already know that
Dean studies civil engineering, the one studying psychology must be Ivy.
Field of Study
Name Computer Civil
Biology Psychology
Science Engineering
Charlene x ✓ x x x
Dean x x ✓ x x
Aldrich ✓ x x x x
Michelle x x x x
Ivy x x x ✓ x

From fact no. 8, we can deduce that Michelle is 18 years old since she lives on unit B.
We can also deduce from fact no. 1 that Aldrich is 21 years old since he is one year
younger than the one studying psychology (Ivy).
Age
Name
17 22 18 21
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x x x
Aldrich x x x ✓ x
Michelle x x ✓ x x
Ivy x ✓ x x x
From fact no. 6, we can deduce that Michelle studies architecture since it is the only field
of study left. We can also deduce from the same fact that Dean must be 19 years old,
since the age of the one studying architecture (Michelle, 18 years old) must be between
the age of Dean and the one living in unit A (Charlene, 17 years old).
Field of Study
Name Computer Civil
Biology Psychology Architecture
Science Engineering
Charlene x ✓ x x x
Dean x x ✓ x x
Aldrich ✓ x x x x
Michelle x x x x ✓
Ivy x x x ✓ x

Age
Name
17 22 18 21 19
Charlene ✓ x x x x
Dean x x x x ✓
Aldrich x x x ✓ x
Michelle x x ✓ x x
Ivy x ✓ x x x

The age, unit, and field of study of each student is summarized on the table below.
Name Age Unit Field of study
Charlene 17 A Biology
Michelle 18 B Architecture
Dean 19 C Civil Engineering
Ivy 22 D Psychology
Aldrich 21 E Computer Science