math challenge

Week of April 7 - 13, 1997

Mix & Match Musicians

Arnie, Barney, Callie, and Davy are four musicians in a band. They each play a separate instrument, and have their own preferred living arrangements.

One musician lives in an apartment, one in a house, one in a tent, and one in an RV.

One musician plays the fiddle, one the trumpet, one the piano, and one the drums.

The musician who plays the drums does not live in an RV.
The musician who plays the piano does not live in an apartment.
The musician who plays the trumpet lives in an RV.
The musician who plays the fiddle does not live in a house.

Callie plays the fiddle.
Arnie plays the trumpet.
Davy does not play the piano.
Davy lives in a tent.

What instrument does each musician play, and where does he or she live?


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