Riddles!

[TheQwertiest]

(05-13-2013 01:25 PM)TheGreatErenan Wrote:  Ace, Bruce, Clive, and Dirk all work at the same monster engineering lab. Their annual salaries are $30k, $40k, $50k, and $60k, but not necessarily in that order. They are also 25, 30, 35, and 40 years old, but once again, not necessarily in that order. In addition, some of them wear a hat every day, while others never wear a hat. Unfortunately, while engineering their monsters, they messed around with too many types of alien goo and have scrambled their brains. They can't remember who makes how much or how old each of them are or who likes to wear a hat. To make matters worse, the monsters they created escaped and stole/ate their ID cards and all the paperwork that identifies their salaries, ages, and inclinations toward hatwearing. Fortunately, some fundamentally helpful but rascally and playful space aliens took pity on them and have compiled a list of clues to help them whip their brains back into working shape. With these clues, can you help sort out their salaries, ages, and headwear preferences?

• Clive is younger than everyone who likes to wear a hat.
• Exactly two of the men like to wear a hat.
• The youngest person and the person who earns the least do not wear a hat.
• Bruce is older than everyone who earns more than Clive.
• Ace is younger than everyone who earns less than Clive.
• Dirk is older than everyone who doesn't wear a hat.
• Dirk earns less than exactly one of the men who wear hats.
• Dirk earns more than exactly one of the men who don't wear hats.
• Bruce is not the oldest.
• The oldest man makes less than Clive.
• The man who earns the most wears a hat.
  

By the way, I made this list of clues up myself, so don't bother trying to Google for the solution.

are you sure this can be solved with just your clues?

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clive - 60k - 30 y.o. - wears hat
dirk - 50k - 40 y.o. - no hat
bruce - 40k - 35 y.o. - wears hat
ace - 30k - 25 y.o. - no hat