Each vowel in the word AZOTEMIA is changed to the letter immediately following…
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Each vowel in the word AZOTEMIA is changed to the letter immediately following it in the English alphabetical order, and each consonant is changed to the letter two positions before it in the English alphabetical order. Which letter appears exactly twice in the new group of letters?
Answer: D. B — ConceptIn a fixed alphabet shift, treat every character independently and keep the original order. Replace each vowel by the next letter and each consonant by…
- A.
P
- B.
R
- C.
F
- D.
B
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Correct answer: D
Concept
In a fixed alphabet shift, treat every character independently and keep the original order.
Replace each vowel by the next letter and each consonant by the letter two positions before it; then count the frequency of every transformed letter.
Application
Classify the letters of AZOTEMIA: the vowels are A, O, E, I, A, and the consonants are Z, T, M.
Apply the rules in the original order: A→B, Z→X, O→P, T→R, E→F, M→K, I→J, A→B.
The transformed group is B X P R F K J B. Its counts are B = 2, while X, P, R, F, K, and J each occur once.
Cross-check
The repeated source letter A occurs twice, and both occurrences become B under the same vowel rule. Every other transformed letter is different, confirming the count.
Result
Therefore, the letter that appears exactly twice is B.