The position(s) of how many letters will remain unchanged if each letter in the word HISTORY is arranged in alphabetical order?
Three
Write the letters of HISTORY in alphabetical order and then compare the letters place by place with the original word.
HISTORY: H, I, S, T, O, R, Y. Alphabetical order: H (8), I (9), O (15), R (18), S (19), T (20), Y (25) → H I O R S T Y.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Original | H | I | S | T | O | R | Y |
| Arranged | H | I | O | R | S | T | Y |
The letters in places 1 (H), 2 (I) and 7 (Y) are the same in both rows, while places 3 to 6 change. Therefore the positions of 3 letters remain unchanged.
Check: the four middle letters S, T, O, R become O, R, S, T, and none of them stays in its own place (S→O, T→R, O→S, R→T), so the count is exactly 3.
Hence, Three.
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