Three playing cards from an ordinary deck of 52 cards lie fa

Three playing cards from an ordinary deck of 52 cards lie facedown in a row. There is a queen to the right of a jack. There is a queen to the left of a queen. There is a diamond to the left of a heart. There is a diamond to the right of a diamond. What are the three cards?

Solution

Card order from left to right: Jack of diamonds, Queen of diamonds, and Queen of hearts

The first part of the problem already told you what cards they are and what order they fall in and the next part describes what the suit of each card is.

So taking it step by step:

\"There is a queen to the right of a jack.\"

Jack (don\'t know which suit yet), Queen (don\'t know which suit yet)

\"There is a queen to the left of a queen.\"

Queen (don\'t know which suit yet), Queen (don\'t know which suit yet)

We now take the first answer and second answer and put them together. Logic dictates that the answer will be in the order:

Jack, Queen, Queen (none of the suits are known yet)

Next the suits, \"There is a diamond to the left of a heart.\"

Diamond, Heart

\"There is a diamond to the right of a diamond.\"

Diamond, Diamond

Now we put this part of the equation together and with logic come out with this:

Diamond, Diamond, Heart

Now put the first part and the second part together and you come out with:

Jack of Diamonds, Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts