If the Villa is auctioned fourth, then how many of the paintings are there that could be the one auctioned second?

Stefaniggorman October 23, 2020

Why only two?

After diagramming this, I had J,R and N as possibilities for the second slot. Why is this not the case?

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kelscort16 February 19, 2021

because J and V cannot be next to each other. That means J cannot be 3, which makes N never able to be 2.

Olivia-Salem April 11, 2022

j would be in the second spot then N then V why isn't it three

Emil-Kunkin April 15, 2022

Hi Olivia,

We know that if V is 4 then the setup looks like

_ _ _ V K S, and we know that R is before N, and J can't be next to V. This means that J cannot be 3rd. Since J cannot be third, and R cannot be after N, we actually know that N must be third, so the only two possible artists who go second could be R or J.