I have this question that i am having trouble with..Please help
Sally and 3 friends each bought a pumpkin at a local produce market. No two people carved their pumpkins to resemble the same object nor did any two buy their pumpkins at the same market. Using the clues can you determine each person's name, pumpkin design, and market (one shopped at Autumn Bounty)?
1) Timothy and the person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a moon (which was not purchased at Harvest of Plenty) both shopped on Saturday.
2)The person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a pirate and the person who shopped at Friendly Acres(who was not Roy) both bought a very large pumpkins.
3)Neither Timothy nor the person who carved the lion pumpkin shopped at Harvest of Plenty
4)The person who shopped at the Pie Patch and the person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a pirate both like to roast pumpkin seeds
5) Patsy (who didn’t shop at Harvest of Plenty) and the person who carved the pumpkin to resemble a lion both enjoy raking leaves
6) Neither Timothy nor Roy carved the pumpkin that looked like an owl
All i got so far is that Roy didn't carve an owl and didn't shop at Friendly Acres , Patsy didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty, and Timothy didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty and didn't carve an owl and didn't carve a moon.
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To solve this puzzle, we need to use the given clues to determine the name of each person, the design of their pumpkin, and the market they shopped at. Let's go step by step through the clues and see what information we can extract:
1) Timothy and the person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a moon (which was not purchased at Harvest of Plenty) both shopped on Saturday.
- From this clue, we know that Timothy did not carve the moon pumpkin and did not shop at Harvest of Plenty. We also know that the moon pumpkin was not bought at Harvest of Plenty.
2) The person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a pirate and the person who shopped at Friendly Acres (who was not Roy) both bought very large pumpkins.
- We can infer from this clue that Roy did not shop at Friendly Acres and did not carve the pirate pumpkin. The pirate pumpkin was carved by someone else who bought a very large pumpkin from Friendly Acres.
3) Neither Timothy nor the person who carved the lion pumpkin shopped at Harvest of Plenty.
- This clue tells us that Timothy did not shop at Harvest of Plenty and someone else carved the lion pumpkin who also did not shop there.
4) The person who shopped at the Pie Patch and the person who carved the pumpkin that looked like a pirate both like to roast pumpkin seeds.
- This clue states that someone who shopped at the Pie Patch likes to roast pumpkin seeds. The pirate pumpkin was carved by someone who also likes to roast pumpkin seeds.
5) Patsy (who didn’t shop at Harvest of Plenty) and the person who carved the pumpkin to resemble a lion both enjoy raking leaves.
- From this clue, we know that Patsy did not shop at Harvest of Plenty and someone else carved the lion pumpkin who also enjoys raking leaves.
6) Neither Timothy nor Roy carved the pumpkin that looked like an owl.
- This clue tells us that neither Timothy nor Roy carved the owl pumpkin.
Now, let's analyze the information we have gathered from the clues:
- Timothy did not shop at Harvest of Plenty, did not carve an owl or a moon pumpkin.
- Roy did not carve an owl pumpkin, and did not shop at Friendly Acres.
- Patsy did not shop at Harvest of Plenty, and did not carve a lion pumpkin.
- The pirate pumpkin was not carved by Roy and was bought at Friendly Acres.
- The lion pumpkin was not carved by Timothy and someone who enjoys raking leaves carved it.
- Someone who shopped at the Pie Patch likes to roast pumpkin seeds.
Using this information, we can start to make deductions:
- Roy didn't carve an owl and didn't shop at Friendly Acres.
- Patsy didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty.
- Timothy didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty, didn't carve an owl or a moon.
- The pirate pumpkin was not carved by Roy and was bought at Friendly Acres.
- The lion pumpkin wasn't carved by Timothy.
- Someone who shopped at the Pie Patch likes to roast pumpkin seeds.
Now we can analyze each clue to uncover more information:
- None of the given clues specify a connection between carving an owl and buying or not buying from Friendly Acres.
- The only information regarding Patsy is that she didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty, nothing else.
- The only information regarding Timothy is that he didn't shop at Harvest of Plenty, didn't carve an owl or a moon pumpkin.
- The only information regarding Roy is that he didn't carve an owl and didn't shop at Friendly Acres.
- The pirate pumpkin was not carved by Roy and was bought at Friendly Acres, and it was a very large pumpkin.
- The lion pumpkin wasn't carved by Timothy, and the person who carved it enjoys raking leaves.
- The Pie Patch shopper likes to roast pumpkin seeds.
From here, we can proceed to make some educated guesses and eliminate possibilities. However, to solve this puzzle accurately and reach the correct answer, it is essential to systematically apply the process of elimination and inference to each clue and its implications.