Find out how many such pairs of letter are there in the given word each of which has many letters between them in the word as in English alphabet?DECORATEa)Oneb)Threec)Twod)FourCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

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DE
E C O R A
E A T

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Given word: DECORATE

To find the number of pairs of letters in the word that have many letters between them as in the English alphabet, we need to first identify the position of each letter in the alphabet.

The English alphabet consists of 26 letters, from A to Z. We can assign a numerical value to each letter based on their position in the alphabet. For example, A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so on.

Step 1: Assign numerical values to the letters in the given word DECORATE.

D = 4
E = 5
C = 3
O = 15
R = 18
A = 1
T = 20
E = 5

Step 2: Calculate the number of letters between each pair of letters.

- Between D and E: 5 - 4 - 1 = 0
- Between D and C: 3 - 4 - 1 = -2 (Negative value, so no letters between)
- Between D and O: 15 - 4 - 1 = 10
- Between D and R: 18 - 4 - 1 = 13
- Between D and A: 1 - 4 - 1 = -4 (Negative value, so no letters between)
- Between D and T: 20 - 4 - 1 = 15
- Between D and E: 5 - 4 - 1 = 0

Step 3: Count the number of pairs with many letters between them.

In this case, a pair is considered to have many letters between them if the number of letters between them is greater than 2.

- Between D and O: 10 (Greater than 2)
- Between D and R: 13 (Greater than 2)
- Between D and T: 15 (Greater than 2)

Therefore, there are three pairs of letters in the word DECORATE that have many letters between them as in the English alphabet.

Answer: Three (Option C)

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