In the word “ASSUMPTION,” replace every vowel with its immediately succeeding…
2024
In the word “ASSUMPTION,” replace every vowel with its immediately succeeding letter and every consonant with its immediately preceding letter. In “METICULOUS,” replace each letter after N in the alphabet with its immediately succeeding letter and each letter before N with its immediately preceding letter. Write the transformed second word after the transformed first word, then remove each later repetition while retaining the first occurrence of every letter. Which letter is sixth from the right end of the resulting sequence?
Answer: E. M — ConceptA letter-transformation problem should be handled in separate stages: apply the stated alphabet shift to each original word, preserve the letter order,…
- A.
O
- B.
D
- C.
S
- D.
J
- E.
M
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Correct answer: E
Concept
A letter-transformation problem should be handled in separate stages: apply the stated alphabet shift to each original word, preserve the letter order, and only then combine the transformed strings.
When repeated letters are removed by retaining first occurrences, scan the combined string from left to right and keep a letter only the first time it appears.
Application
For ASSUMPTION, shift each vowel forward and each consonant backward: A→B, S→R, S→R, U→V, M→L, P→O, T→S, I→J, O→P, N→M. This gives BRRVLOSJPM.
For METICULOUS, letters before N shift backward and letters after N shift forward: M→L, E→D, T→U, I→H, C→B, U→V, L→K, O→P, U→V, S→T. This gives LDUHBVKPVT.
Place the second transformed word after the first: BRRVLOSJPMLDUHBVKPVT.
Scan from left to right and discard each later occurrence of a letter already retained. The resulting sequence is BRVLOSJPMDUHKT.
Cross-check
Counting from the right gives T (1), K (2), H (3), U (4), D (5), M (6). Therefore, the required letter is M.