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THERE ARE 40 HOUSES. THERE ARE 16 HOUSES BETWEEN NUMBER 12 AND NUMBER 29. SINCE HALF OF THOSE HAVE TO BE ON EACH SIDE, THERE ARE 8 MORE HOUSES ON EACH SIDE. THIS MAKES THE LAST HOME ON ONE SIDE HOUSE NUMBER 20, AND THERE MUST BE 20 MORE HOMES GOING BACK UP THE STREET, WHICH MAKES»A TOTAL OF 40 THE ADDRESS IS 1460 SUNSET BOULEVARD. YOU KNOW THAT THE HOUSE NUMBERS ARE EVEN AND CONSECUTIVE, SO THEY MUST BE APPROXIMATELY 1/6TH THE VALUE OF THE SUM 8790. IN FACT, THE NUMBER THAT IS 1/6TH THE TOTAL IS THE MEAN (AVERAGE) FOR ALL 6 HOUSES. THE AVERAGE NUMBER IS 1465 (8790 / 6). THERE MUST BE 3 HOUSE NUMBERS GREATER THAN THAT NUMBER, AND 3 HOUSE NUMBERS LESS THAN THAT NUMBER, ALL BEING EVEN AND CONSECUTIVE. THEREFORE, THE 6 HOUSE NUMBERS ARE 1460, 1462, 1464, 1466, 1468, 1470. THE LOWEST HOUSE NUMBER, AS PER THE QUESTION, IS THE ANSWER: 1460 THE KING KEEPS POISON 12 SO THAT HE CAN NEUTRALIZE ANY POISON THAT THE CLOWN GIVES HIM. HE POURS POISON 10 (HIS SECOND STRONGEST POISON) AND GIVES IT TO THE CLOWN TO DRINK. CLOWN CAN DEDUCE THIS SO HE KEEPS POISON 11 FOR HIMSELF TO NEUTRALIZE POISON 10. THAT'S HOW HE SURVIVES. HE ALSO KNOWS THAT THE KING, AFTER DRINKING THE CUP HE GAVE HIM, WILL DRINK POISON 12 TO NEUTRALIZE THE POISON. SO THE CLOWN POURS PLAIN WATER INSTEAD OF POISON INTO THE CUP FOR THE KING. THE KING DRINKS THE WATER (WATER IS NOT POISON) AND RIGHT AFTER THAT HE DRINKS THE STRONGEST POISON POSSIBLE (12) AND DIES THE TOTAL IS 2. WHEN THE BOOK ON THE LEFT IS UPSIDE DOWN THEN THE PAGE NUMBER ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS 1 AND THE RIGHT HAND SIDE BOOK'S EXTREME RIGHT HAND SIDE PAGE NUMBER IS ALSO 1. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM: IF TWO BOOKS ARE STANDING SIDE BY SIDE TO EACH OTHER, PAGE 1 IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF EACH BOOK (ASSUMING YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SPINE OF THE BOOKS). TURNING THE ONE ON THE LEFT UPSIDE DOWN (WITH THE BOOK SPINE STILL POINTING OUT), BRINGS PAGE 1 TO THE LEFT SIDE. AND SO AT THE "EXTREME LEFT" OF THE BOOK ON THE LEFT IS PAGE 1, WHILE THE "EXTREME RIGHT" OF THE BOOK ON THE RIGHT IS ALSO PAGE 1