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Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only.
If all the symbols are dropped from the series, which of the following will be third from the left?
2
4
3
8
2
Filter out symbols first and then count digits and letters only from the left to find the requested position.
Filter out symbols first and then count digits and letters only from the left to find the requested position.
Filter symbols
Original sequence: 7, %, >, 9, 2, &, 4, <, 3, #, 8, , 5, *, 6, ^, #, 1. \text{Dropping} all symbols (\%, >, &, <, #, , *, ^, #) results in: 7, 9, 2, 4, 3, 8, 5, 6, 1.
Count to the third position
Counting from the left: 1st is 7, 2nd is 9, 3rd is 2.
B: 4 is the 4th element, C: 3 is the 5th element, D: 8 is the 6th element.
A is correct because after removing all symbols from the series, the resulting sequence is 7, 9, 2, 4, 3, 8, 5, 6, 1 and the third digit from the left is 2.
When asked to drop characters, always write down the filtered sequence first to avoid index errors, especially with long strings.