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Eight people — P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W — live on the eight floors of a building, one per floor; the lowest floor is the first and the topmost is the eighth. Q lives on the lowest floor and S on the topmost floor. Exactly three people live above T. W lives immediately below T, and R lives immediately below W. U lives on an even-numbered floor below R. V lives immediately below S. How many people live between U and V?

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  • AFour
  • BThree
  • CFive
  • DTwo

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Order from floor 1: Q, U, R, W, T, P, V, S. U is on floor 2 and V on floor 7, so R, W, T and P (four people) live between them.
Answer: A) Four

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