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Question

Four clowns have to dress up accordingly for a show. From the clothes trunk, each clown had to get their socks and shoes.

There was one pair of each shoe and socks in each color.

The red socks went with the blue shoes.
John had yellow shoes but not yellow socks.
The clown with green shoes did not have blue socks.
James had neither red shoes nor red socks.
David's shoes were the same color as Peter's socks.
The clown with red shoes had green socks.

Can you tell which clown had which color shoes and socks?


Solution

John had yellow shoes and blue socks.
James had green shoes and yellow socks.
David had red shoes and green socks.
Peter had blue shoes and red socks.

First of all note down all the possible combinations of shoes and socks pair according to question.

The Possible Combinations are : 

Red Shoes with Green Socks (Confirmed)
Blue Shoes with Red Socks (Confirmed)
Yellow Shoes with Green Socks 
Yellow Shoes with Blue Socks 
Green Shoes with Green Socks 
Green Shoes with Red Socks 
Green Shoes with Yellow Socks 

Combination for James :

Yellow Shoes with Green Socks 
Yellow Shoes with Blue Socks 
Green Shoes with Green Socks 
Green Shoes with Yellow Socks 

Combination for John :

Yellow Shoes with Green Socks 
Yellow Shoes with Blue Socks 

Combination for David :

Red Shoes with Green Socks (1)

Combination for Peter : 

Blue Shoes with Red Socks (1)

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