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If every alternate letter starting from the left end of the word INTIMIDATING is written in small letters, rest all are written in capital letters, the new word thus formed is arranged in reverse order, which letter will be fifth to the left of the letter sixth from the right?

The correct answer is
n

Initial Word Processing

The given word is INTIMIDATING.

The length of the word is 12 letters.

Applying Alternate Letter Casing

Every alternate letter starting from the left end is converted to lowercase. This means letters at positions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 are changed to lowercase.

  • I (1st) becomes i
  • N (2nd) remains N
  • T (3rd) becomes t
  • I (4th) remains I
  • M (5th) becomes m
  • I (6th) remains I
  • D (7th) becomes d
  • A (8th) remains A
  • T (9th) becomes t
  • I (10th) remains I
  • N (11th) becomes n
  • G (12th) remains G

The modified word is: iNtImIdAtInG.

Reversing the Word

The word iNtImIdAtInG is arranged in reverse order.

The reversed word is: GnItAdImItNi.

Finding the Target Letter

We need to find the letter that is fifth to the left of the letter sixth from the right in the reversed word GnItAdImItNi.

The length of the reversed word is 12.

1. Identify the letter sixth from the right:

Using 0-based indexing, the index of the Nth letter from the right is $ (Length - N) $. For the 6th letter from the right, the index is $ (12 - 6) = 6 $. The letter at index 6 in GnItAdImItNi is 'I'.

2. Identify the letter fifth to the left of 'I':

The letter 'I' is at index 6. We need the letter 5 positions to its left.

The index of the required letter is $ (Index \ of \ 'I' - 5) $. $ (6 - 5) = 1 $. The letter at index 1 in GnItAdImItNi is 'n'.

Therefore, the required letter is n.

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