Question 1
Eight boxes are stacked on 8 different floors (Floor 8 is the top). Conditions:
- Box Green is kept on the topmost floor (8).
- There are exactly four boxes between Box Red and Box Yellow.
- Box Black is kept immediately below Box Yellow.
- Box Purple is kept on an odd-numbered floor, but not floor 1.
- Box White is not kept on an even-numbered floor.
Question: How many boxes are placed between Box Purple 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: Green; 7: Red; 6: Purple; 5: Brown; 4: Orange; 3: Yellow; 2: Black; 1: White
Verification: Box Purple 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: Green; 7: Red; 6: Purple; 5: Brown; 4: Orange; 3: Yellow; 2: Black; 1: White
Verification: Box Purple is on F6 and Box Black is on F2. The boxes between are on F5, F4, F3 (3 boxes).