Counting pairs of letters with many letters between them in the word SEDATIVE


The word SEDATIVE consists of 8 letters. In this question, we are asked to find the number of pairs of letters in the word SEDATIVE that have many letters between them.


Before we proceed with the solution, we need to define what we mean by "many letters between them". In this case, we will define it as having at least 2 letters between them.


To solve this problem, we can use the following steps:

1. Identify all the pairs of letters in the word SEDATIVE.

2. For each pair of letters, count the number of letters between them.

3. If the number of letters between the pair is greater than or equal to 2, then count it as a valid pair.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all pairs of letters.

5. Sum up the total number of valid pairs.


Using the above method, we can identify the following valid pairs of letters in the word SEDATIVE:

- S and E
- S and I
- S and V
- E and D
- E and I
- E and V
- D and I
- D and V
- I and V


There are a total of 9 pairs of letters in the word SEDATIVE that have at least 2 letters between them. Therefore, the answer to the question is 9.