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Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H live on different floors of an eight-floor building, numbered 1 to 8 from bottom to top. One person lives on each floor but not necessarily in the given order.

G lives five floors above C. As many floors are there below C’s floor as above B’s floor. Three floors are there between the floors of B and D. F lives two floors away D. E does not live above H. A doesn’t live on prime numbered floor.

Who among the following lives on floor number 6?

Options

A

G

B

H

C

B

D

A

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Correct Answer :

Option C

B

B

Solution :

To determine who lives on floor number 6, we can analyze the clues step-by-step and construct the floor arrangement from bottom to top (numbered 1 to 8).

Step 1: Determine the positions of G and C
We are given that G lives five floors above C. Let the floor number of C be C and the floor number of G be G.
This gives us the relationship:
G=C+5

Since the building has 8 floors, the possible values for C and G are:
- If C=1, then G=6
- If C=2, then G=7
- If C=3, then G=8

Step 2: Use the relation between C and B
We are told that the number of floors below C is equal to the number of floors above B.
- Floors below C = C-1
- Floors above B = 8-B
Equating these two:
C-1=8-BB+C=9

Let's evaluate the cases for C:
- Case 1: If C=1, then G=6 and B=8.
- Case 2: If C=2, then G=7 and B=7. This is not possible because only one person lives on each floor and G is already on floor 7.
- Case 3: If C=3, then G=8 and B=6.

Step 3: Analyze the remaining conditions for Case 1 and Case 3

Let's test Case 3 (where C=3, G=8, and B=6):
- Three floors are there between B (floor 6) and D. This means D must live on floor 2 (since floors 5, 4, and 3 are between floors 6 and 2).
- F lives two floors away from D. Since D is on floor 2, F must be on floor 4.
- A does not live on a prime numbered floor. The prime floors are 2, 3, 5, and 7. The remaining empty floors are 1, 5, and 7. Since 5 and 7 are prime, A must live on floor 1.
- E does not live above H (meaning E lives on a lower floor than H). The remaining empty floors are 5 and 7. Thus, E must live on floor 5 and H must live on floor 7.

This gives us a consistent arrangement:
- Floor 8: G
- Floor 7: H
- Floor 6: B
- Floor 5: E
- Floor 4: F
- Floor 3: C
- Floor 2: D
- Floor 1: A

All conditions are satisfied under this arrangement. Therefore, B lives on floor number 6.

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