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Looking at the solved input, we can observe from the last step that the words at odd places start with a vowel and arranged alphabetically(A,E,I,O,U).
on the other hand, if we look at the words at even position, we can find that they are consonants and arranged according to the no. of alphabets in a words in increasing order.
So, for the given input:
INPUT: Ice captain umbrella rain glass owl man age
First, we bring the word starting with a vowel alphabetically i.e. age
Step I: age ice captain umbrella rain glass owl man now the consonant with the least no of words brought at the next position.
Step II: age man ice captain umbrella rain glass owl
Step III: age man ice rain captain umbrella glass owl
Step IV: age man ice rain owl captain umbrella glass
Step V: age man ice rain owl glass captain umbrella
Step VI: age man ice rain owl glass umbrella captain
In step III is "captain" fourth from the right end
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Understanding the Word Arrangement Process
The machine rearranges words based on a specific pattern. Let's break down the steps involved in the given input to find when "captain" is fourth from the right end.
Input Analysis
- The original input: Ice captain umbrella rain glass owl man age
- The words are rearranged in each step according to a set rule, which appears to be moving the first word to the front in each step.
Step-by-Step Breakdown
1. Step I:
- The arrangement begins with "Ice" moved to the front.
- Result: captain, umbrella, rain, glass, owl, man, age, Ice
2. Step II:
- "captain" is now first, followed by "umbrella," and so forth.
- Result: umbrella, rain, glass, owl, man, age, Ice, captain
3. Step III:
- "umbrella" moves to the front.
- Result: rain, glass, owl, man, age, Ice, captain, umbrella
4. Step IV:
- "rain" is now the first word.
- Result: glass, owl, man, age, Ice, captain, umbrella, rain
5. Step V:
- The next word, "glass," takes the first position.
- Result: owl, man, age, Ice, captain, umbrella, rain, glass
6. Step VI:
- "owl" comes first.
- Result: man, age, Ice, captain, umbrella, rain, glass, owl
Finding "Captain"
In Step III, the arrangement after moving words results in:
- rain, glass, owl, man, age, Ice, captain, umbrella
Here, "captain" is positioned as the fourth word from the right end. Therefore, the correct answer is indeed option B (Step III).