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Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W live on an eight-floor building where the ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 8, one person per floor. Only two people live above S. Q lives immediately below S. Three people live between Q and R. P lives on an even-numbered floor somewhere above S. T lives immediately above R. U lives immediately above V. How many people live between U and S?

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  • ATwo
  • BOne
  • CThree
  • DFour

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Order: R1, T2, V3, U4, Q5, S6, W7, P8. Between U (floor 4) and S (floor 6) lives only Q (floor 5), i.e. one person.
Answer: B) One

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