Initial Setup: The English Alphabet
The standard English alphabet contains 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.
Identifying Letters for Deletion
The task requires deleting every third letter from the alphabet sequence:
- The 3rd letter is C.
- The 6th letter is F.
- The 9th letter is I.
- The 12th letter is L.
- The 15th letter is O.
- The 18th letter is R.
- The 21st letter is U.
- The 24th letter is X.
In total, 8 letters are removed based on this pattern.
Forming the New Alphabet Series
Removing the identified letters (C, F, I, L, O, R, U, X) results in a new sequence:
A, B, D, E, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, Q, S, T, V, W, Y, Z.
The length of this new series is $26 - 8 = 18$ letters.
Finding the Ninth Letter from the Right
To find the ninth letter from the right end of the new 18-letter series, we can count backwards from Z:
- 1st from right: Z
- 2nd from right: Y
- 3rd from right: W
- 4th from right: V
- 5th from right: T
- 6th from right: S
- 7th from right: Q
- 8th from right: P
- 9th from right: N
Alternatively, the ninth letter counting from the right is equivalent to the $(18 - 9 + 1) = 10$th letter counting from the left.
In the sequence A, B, D, E, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, Q, S, T, V, W, Y, Z, the 10th letter is indeed N.
Similar Questions
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- Among the following words, which one will come third if they are arranged as per their order in an English dictionary?
- Which of the following will be the correct sequence of the words if they are arranged as per their order in an English dictionary?
- Among the following words, which one will come last if they are arranged as per their order in an English dictionary?
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1. Prophet
2. Prong
3. Propensity
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Important Questions from Dictionary or Alphabet Based
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.
1. Lesage
2. Laudatory
3. Laureate
4. Latitude
5. Legacy
6. Laudanum
7. Launder
Each vowel in the word “ETHICAL” is changed to the following letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series. In the newly formed word, how many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is 3rd from the left and 1st from the right?
All the alphabets in the word ‘DICTIONARY’ are arranged in the alphabetical order. How many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is fourth from the left end and the one which is second from the right end in the newly formed letter-cluster?
Select the combination of numbers so that the jumbled letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful English word.
O H R E M T
1 2 3 4 5 6
The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letter in the word ‘FINGER' is arranged in alphabetical order?
