ZIGZAGGING Letter Interchange Process
The task involves rearranging the letters of the word 'ZIGZAGGING' based on specific positional interchanges and finding the fifth letter from the right end of the modified word.
Analyzing the Interchanges
The word 'ZIGZAGGING' contains 10 letters. The specified interchanges are:
- 1st letter <-> 10th letter
- 2nd letter <-> 9th letter
- 3rd letter <-> 8th letter
- 4th letter <-> 7th letter
- 5th letter <-> 6th letter
This set of operations effectively reverses the order of the letters in the word.
Applying the Reversal
Original word:
Z (1st) I (2nd) G (3rd) Z (4th) A (5th) G (6th) G (7th) I (8th) N (9th) G (10th)
After interchanging pairs (1,10), (2,9), (3,8), (4,7), (5,6), the word becomes:
G (10th) N (9th) I (8th) G (7th) G (6th) A (5th) Z (4th) G (3rd) I (2nd) Z (1st)
The rearranged word is: GNIGGAGEIZ.
Identifying the Target Letter
We need to find the fifth letter counting from the right end of the rearranged word 'GNIGGAGEIZ'.
Counting from the right:
- 1st: Z
- 2nd: I
- 3rd: G
- 4th: G
- 5th: A
The fifth letter from the right end is 'A'.
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