Five employees at the Wild Fowl Publishing Company each come to work by a different one of five means: car, railroad, subway, and walking. They hold these positions at the company: art director, editor, publisher, receptionist, and secretary. Two of them are men named Finch and Marten, while three of them are women named Fulmer, Gannet, and Hawk. From the information given, determine the position held by each person as well as the means by which each one gets to work each day. 1. Neither of the men walk to work but one is the art director and the other is not the publisher or secretary. 2. The publisher is named Hawk or Fulmer and none of these takes the railroad or a car. 3. Mr. Finch does not come by railroad and he is not editor. 4. The female receptionist is not named Fulmer and neither of these two walks to work. 5. The secretary does not take the bus to work.
To solve this problem, we will use a process of elimination and deduction to determine the position held by each person as well as the means by which each one gets to work each day. Let's break down the given information and analyze each statement.
1. Neither of the men walk to work but one is the art director and the other is not the publisher or secretary.
- This statement tells us that neither of the men walks to work.
- One of the men is the art director, and the other man is not the publisher or secretary.
2. The publisher is named Hawk or Fulmer, and none of these takes the railroad or a car.
- This statement tells us that the publisher is either Hawk or Fulmer.
- Also, the publisher does not take the railroad or a car.
3. Mr. Finch does not come by railroad, and he is not the editor.
- This statement tells us that Mr. Finch does not commute by railroad.
- Additionally, Mr. Finch is not the editor.
4. The female receptionist is not named Fulmer, and neither of these two walks to work.
- This statement indicates that the female receptionist is not named Fulmer.
- Also, neither the male art director nor the other man walks to work.
5. The secretary does not take the bus to work.
- This statement tells us that the secretary does not commute by bus.
Now let's analyze the information we have gathered and solve the problem step by step:
1. Neither of the men walk to work but one is the art director and the other is not the publisher or secretary.
- From this statement, we can conclude that one man is the art director and the other is neither the publisher nor the secretary.
- Let's assign "Finch" as the art director.
2. The publisher is named Hawk or Fulmer, and none of these takes the railroad or a car.
- The publisher is named Hawk or Fulmer and doesn't commute by railroad or car.
- Since we already assigned Finch as the art director, the remaining man must be Marten.
- Therefore, Marten is not the publisher.
- This means that the publisher must be either Hawk or Fulmer.
3. Mr. Finch does not come by railroad, and he is not the editor.
- Since Finch is not the editor, and we know he is the art director, the remaining position for him must be publisher or receptionist.
- Since the publisher cannot come by railroad, Finch must be the receptionist.
4. The female receptionist is not named Fulmer, and neither of these two walks to work.
- We know Finch is the receptionist, so he cannot be named Fulmer.
- Therefore, the female receptionist must be Gannet.
- Since neither the art director (Finch) nor Marten walks to work, Gannet must walk to work.
5. The secretary does not take the bus to work.
- Based on the given information, we know that the secretary does not take the bus to work.
- This means that the secretary must use either the railroad, subway, or walking.
Based on the deductions above, let's assign the remaining positions and means of commuting:
- Finch is the receptionist and walks to work.
- Marten is not the art director, publisher, or secretary. Therefore, he must be the editor.
- Gannet is the female receptionist who walks to work.
- Hawk must be the publisher since Fulmer does not commute by railroad or car.
- Fulmer cannot be the publisher, so she must be the secretary.
Finally, let's assign the remaining means of commuting:
- Finch (Receptionist): Walks to work.
- Marten (Editor): Takes the railroad to work.
- Gannet (Female Receptionist): Walks to work.
- Hawk (Publisher): Takes the subway to work.
- Fulmer (Secretary): Takes a car to work.
In summary, the positions and means of commuting for each person at the Wild Fowl Publishing Company are as follows:
- Finch (Receptionist): Walks to work.
- Marten (Editor): Takes the railroad to work.
- Gannet (Female Receptionist): Walks to work.
- Hawk (Publisher): Takes the subway to work.
- Fulmer (Secretary): Takes a car to work.