Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on until the topmost floor is numbered eight.<br /> J lives on floor numbered six.<br /> Only one person lives between J and L.<br /> O lives on the floor immediately below L.<br /> Only one person lives between O and P.<br /> O lives above P.<br /> K lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the floor numbered two.<br /> Two persons live between K and Q.<br /> Q does not live on the lowermost floor.<br /> N lives on one of the floors above Q.<br /> Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Step-by-step Solution:
This question is from the same logic puzzle as previous ones. To find the "odd one out," we must first determine the correct placement of all eight friends and then analyze the relationship between the people in each given pair.
A full, step-by-step analysis of all the clues leads to one unique arrangement of the friends on the eight floors (from bottom to top):
Now, let's examine the relationship between the people in each of the given pairs by looking at the number of floors separating them:
The common pattern shared by the pairs PL, MQ, and LN is that the two individuals are separated by exactly two floors. The pair OM is different because they are on adjacent floors.
Final Answer: The pair that does not belong to the group is OM.