OLYMPICS Letter Transformation Explained
This solution details the step-by-step transformation of letters in the word 'OLYMPICS' according to specific rules and their subsequent alphabetical rearrangement to find the required letter from the right end of the new sequence.
Step 1: Identify Vowels and Consonants
The word given is 'OLYMPICS'. The first step is to identify which letters are vowels and which are consonants.
Word: O L Y M P I C S
- Vowels in 'OLYMPICS': O, I
- Consonants in 'OLYMPICS': L, Y, M, P, C, S
- (Note: For this puzzle, 'Y' is treated as a consonant.)
Applying Transformation Rules
The question provides two transformation rules:
- Vowel Rule: Each vowel is replaced by the letter that comes immediately after it in the English alphabet.
- Consonant Rule: Each consonant is replaced by the fourth letter that precedes it in the English alphabet.
Step 2: Transforming Vowels
Applying the vowel rule:
- O $\rightarrow$ P (P is the letter immediately following O)
- I $\rightarrow$ J (J is the letter immediately following I)
Step 3: Transforming Consonants
Applying the consonant rule requires finding the letter 4 positions before the consonant. We can think of the alphabet as circular (A follows Z).
- L (12th letter) $\rightarrow$ H (The 4th letter before L is the (12 - 4) = 8th letter, which is H)
- Y (25th letter) $\rightarrow$ U (The 4th letter before Y is the (25 - 4) = 21st letter, which is U)
- M (13th letter) $\rightarrow$ I (The 4th letter before M is the (13 - 4) = 9th letter, which is I)
- P (16th letter) $\rightarrow$ L (The 4th letter before P is the (16 - 4) = 12th letter, which is L)
- C (3rd letter) $\rightarrow$ Y (The 4th letter before C requires wrapping around: (3 - 4) = -1. This corresponds to the 25th letter, which is Y)
- S (19th letter) $\rightarrow$ O (The 4th letter before S is the (19 - 4) = 15th letter, which is O)
New Letter Cluster Formation
After applying the rules, we list the transformed letters in their original order:
Transformed Sequence: P U J H I L Y O
Alphabetical Rearrangement
The next instruction is to rearrange all the transformed letters in standard English alphabetical order.
The letters we have are: P, U, J, H, I, L, Y, O.
Arranging them alphabetically:
| Letters in Original Transformed Order: | P | U | J | H | I | L | Y | O |
| Letters in Alphabetical Order: | H | I | J | L | O | P | U | Y |
The resulting sequence, arranged alphabetically, is HIJLOPUY.
Finding the Third Letter from the Right End
The final task is to find the third letter from the right end of the alphabetically sorted sequence 'HIJLOPUY'.
Let's look at the sequence: H I J L O P U Y
Counting from the right end:
- The 1st letter from the right is Y.
- The 2nd letter from the right is U.
- The 3rd letter from the right is P.
Thus, the third letter from the right end of the new sequence is P.
Important Questions from Alphabet or Word Test (Notes)
- Select the correct alternative that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in English Dictionary.
1. Prestige
2. Pristine
3. Prescribe
4. Prepaid
5. Premium - Select the word from the given alternatives which cannot be formed by using the letters of the following word.
CONVERSATION - Only three of the options can be formed using the letters of the given word CELEBRATION, using each letter only once. One option cannot be formed. Find that word.
- Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary:
(A). SEARCH
(B). SEWAGE
(C.) SECURE
(D). SETTLE
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Each letter in the word DANGEROUS is arranged in alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical order between the letter which is fourth from the left and the one which is fourth from the right in the new letter cluster thus formed?
