6Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the…
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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions. Observe how phrases are transformed across four steps.
Phrase | Step I | Step II | Step III | Step IV |
Designed marketing campaign successfully | dengisedgnitekramngiapmacyllufsseccus | de7 ma10 ca7 sull | ed* nz% $dz^{*}tt^{*}$ | n% dzt* |
Improved team performance consistently | devorpmimaetecnamrofrepyltnetsisnoc | im7 te3 pel2 coll | $hn*ud* $qd^{0}/_{0}dn* | q% $ndn* |
Enhanced customer satisfaction greatly | decnahneremotsucnoitcafsitasyltaerg | en7 cu7 sall gr8 | $do*dt*tz* hs% | h% otz* |
Phrase: Digital innovation strategy execution
How many letters are between the second letter from the left in Step I and third letter from the right in Step I?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
None
- E.
More than three
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: E
Concept: In this word/alphabet coding puzzle, Step I is built by reversing the letters of every word in the phrase (the order of the words stays the same) and then writing the reversed words one after another with no spaces in between. Positions such as “nth letter from the left” or “nth letter from the right” are counted on this single unbroken Step I string.
Application: Apply the same rule to the given phrase “Digital innovation strategy execution”:
“Digital” reversed gives “latigid” (7 letters)
“innovation” reversed gives “noitavonni” (10 letters)
“strategy” reversed gives “ygetarts” (8 letters)
“execution” reversed gives “noitucexe” (9 letters)
Joining these without spaces gives Step I = “latigidnoitavonniygetartsnoitucexe”, a single string of 34 letters.
The 2nd letter from the left is the letter “a” (position 2). The 3rd letter from the right is the letter “e” (position 32, since position 34 is 1st from the right and position 33 is 2nd from the right).
Counting the letters strictly between position 2 and position 32 (i.e., positions 3 to 31) gives 31 - 3 + 1 = 29 letters.
Cross-check: For a string of total length n, the count of letters strictly between the 2nd-from-left position and the 3rd-from-right position is n - 5 — subtract the 2 letters up to and including the 2nd position, and the 3 letters from the 3rd-from-right position through the end, from the total n (n - 2 - 3 = n - 5). With n = 34, that is 34 - 5 = 29, which matches the direct count.
Answer: 29 is well beyond three, so the correct choice is “More than three”.