How many such pairs of letters are there in the word representation as many letters between them as in the English alphabet series both forward and backward?

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26


The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Letter
Number

Letter
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 E
6 F
7 G
8 H
9 I
10 J
11 K
12 L
13 M
14 N
15 O
16 P
17 Q
18 R
19 S
20 T
21 U
22 V
23 W
24 X
25 Y
26 Z

Total number of letters in the alphabet

  • 23 letters (A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V X Y Z) are the first 23 letters of the 29 original Old English Alphabet recorded in the year 1011 by the monk Byrhtferð. Dropped from the Old English alphabet are the following 6 letters: & Ƿ Þ Ð Æ
  • 3 letters have been added from Old English: J, U, and W. J and U were added in the 16th century, while W assumed the status of an independent letter.
  • Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&).
  • The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later.

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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FREQUENT, each of which has as many letters between them in the wordin both forward and backward directions, as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

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Solution

The correct option is B Two Hence, there are two such pairs of letters - RU and QN

How many such pairs of letters are there in the given word which have as many letters between them in the word (in both the forward and backward directions), as in the English alphabet?CORPORATION

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. 5
  4. 3

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : 5

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word representation as many letters between them as in the English alphabet series both forward and backward?

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The logic follows here is:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word representation as many letters between them as in the English alphabet series both forward and backward?

Given word:

CORPORATION

The given word can be represented as shown below:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word representation as many letters between them as in the English alphabet series both forward and backward?

In the forward direction → "PR", "RT" and "PT" 

In the backward direction → "NO" and "OP".  

Thus there are 5 pairs of a letter in the word 'CORPORATION' each of which has as many letters between them in word as they have between them in the English alphabetical series.

Hence, the correct answer is "5".

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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word recovered which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word RECOVERED, which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ? There are 4 pairs of letters. Hence Option B is the correct answer.

How many sets of two letters have as many letters between them as in the English?

Detailed Solution Hence, there are "2" sets of letters that have as many letters between them as they have in the alphabetical order in the word 'PRUDENT.

Which of the following pairs of letters has as many letters between them in the English alphabet?

Four pairs - (P, R), (R, T), (P,T) and (P, O) have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet.

How many pairs of letters are there in the word which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?

Detailed Solution Hence, there are 4 such pairs of letters which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabetical series.