Sixteen individuals — A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, and Y — reside in two flats (Flat 1 and Flat 2) of a four-floor building. The floor...
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Sixteen individuals — A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, and Y — reside in two flats (Flat 1 and Flat 2) of a four-floor building. The floors are numbered from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). Flat 1 is located to the west of Flat 2. Flat 1 on floor 2 is directly above Flat 1 on floor 1, and similarly for Flat 2. There are eight married couples, each couple living together on the same floor and in the same flat. Names starting with a vowel indicate females, who live only on even-numbered floors. The following conditions apply:
- A lives directly above P’s spouse’s flat.
- A’s spouse lives in an odd-numbered flat.
- O and Q live on the same floor.
- T lives to the northeast of U and below E.
- Q does not live in the same flat as E.
- B lives on an even-numbered floor and two floors above N.
- S lives to the southwest of B but not below N.
- R lives to the north of X and is not married to A.
- X’s spouse lives to the east of Y.
- C is not the spouse of Y or X.
- V and U live in the same flat and share the same gender.
- W and Q share the same gender.
Question: How many floors are below Q’s spouse?