Question 1
Eight boxes are stacked on 8 different floors (Floor 8 is the top). Conditions:
- Box Pink is kept on the topmost floor (8).
- There are exactly four boxes between Box Purple and Box Green.
- Box Black is kept immediately below Box Green.
- Box Blue is kept on an odd-numbered floor, but not floor 1.
- Box Yellow is not kept on an even-numbered floor.
Question: How many boxes are placed between Box Blue and Box Black?
Floor Puzzle Strategy: Vertical Stack
Floors are 8 (Top) to 1 (Bottom). Start with definite positions: Box A on F8.
Use the 'four boxes between' clue to fix positions of B and F.
Use the adjacent clue (Box G immediately below Box F) to fix the remaining positions.
The final arrangement (Floor: Box) is:
8: Pink; 7: Purple; 6: Blue; 5: White; 4: Orange; 3: Green; 2: Black; 1: Yellow
Verification: Box Blue is on F6 and Box Black is on F2. The boxes between are on F5, F4, F3 (3 boxes).
Floors are 8 (Top) to 1 (Bottom). Start with definite positions: Box A on F8.
Use the 'four boxes between' clue to fix positions of B and F.
Use the adjacent clue (Box G immediately below Box F) to fix the remaining positions.
The final arrangement (Floor: Box) is:
8: Pink; 7: Purple; 6: Blue; 5: White; 4: Orange; 3: Green; 2: Black; 1: Yellow
Verification: Box Blue is on F6 and Box Black is on F2. The boxes between are on F5, F4, F3 (3 boxes).