Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the letter-cluster that does NOT belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their positions in the letter-cluster.)
IKN
To solve this logical reasoning problem, we need to identify the pattern or rule that three of the letter-clusters share, which distinguishes them from the one that does not share the pattern.
- Let's examine the given options:
- IKN
- MPR
- CFH
- EHJ
- We will convert each letter to its position in the alphabet to see if a pattern emerges:
- I (9), K (11), N (14)
- M (13), P (16), R (18)
- C (3), F (6), H (8)
- E (5), H (8), J (10)
- Now let's look at the differences between each consecutive pair in each cluster:
- For IKN: K - I = 11 - 9 = 2, N - K = 14 - 11 = 3
- For MPR: P - M = 16 - 13 = 3, R - P = 18 - 16 = 2
- For CFH: F - C = 6 - 3 = 3, H - F = 8 - 6 = 2
- For EHJ: H - E = 8 - 5 = 3, J - H = 10 - 8 = 2
- From this, we can see:
- The pattern or rule shared by MPR, CFH, and EHJ is that the differences between the letters are in the order of 3 and 2.
- IKN differs from the rest since its pairwise differences are 2 and 3, not following the same 3 and 2 pattern as the other clusters.
- Conclusion: The letter-cluster that does not belong to the group based on the identified pattern is IKN.
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