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?
Correct Answer :
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 and the floor number of G be .
This gives us the relationship:
Since the building has 8 floors, the possible values for C and G are:
- If , then
- If , then
- If , then
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 =
- Floors above B =
Equating these two:
Let's evaluate the cases for C:
- Case 1: If , then and .
- Case 2: If , then and . This is not possible because only one person lives on each floor and G is already on floor 7.
- Case 3: If , then and .
Step 3: Analyze the remaining conditions for Case 1 and Case 3
Let's test Case 3 (where , , and ):
- 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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