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If each consonant in the word GRAVITY is changed to the letter immediately preceding it in the English alphabetical order and each vowel is changed to the letter immediately succeeding it in the English alphabetical order. How many consonants are present in the new group of letters thus formed?
Six
Two
Seven
Three
Six
Classify each letter of the word as a Vowel or Consonant first. Apply -1 position for consonants and +1 position for vowels, then count how many of the final letters are consonants.
Classify each letter of the word as a Vowel or Consonant first. Apply -1 position for consonants and +1 position for vowels, then count how many of the final letters are consonants.
Identify Vowels and Consonants in GRAVITY
The word GRAVITY has 7 letters. The vowels are A and I. The consonants are G, R, V, T, and Y.
Apply Transformation Rules
Consonants are changed to the preceding letter (-1 position), and vowels are changed to the succeeding letter (+1 position).
Perform Letter Conversions
G тЖТ F, R тЖТ Q, A тЖТ B, V тЖТ U, I тЖТ J, T тЖТ S, Y тЖТ X. The new group of letters is F Q B U JSX.
Count Consonants in New Word
In F Q B U J S X, U is a vowel, while F, Q, B, J, S, and X are consonants. Total number of consonants is 6.
B: Five is incorrect because there are 6 consonants, not 5. C: Seven is incorrect since U is a vowel. D: Two is incorrect as it severely undercounts.
A is correct because the transformed word is FQBUJSX which contains exactly 6 consonants (F, Q, B, J, S, X) and 1 vowel (U).
Always list out each position carefully in alphabet transformation problems to avoid missing edge cases like Y being treated as a consonant.
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