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If each vowel in the word PARKING is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order and each consonant is changed to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order, then which of the following letters will be third from the left in the group of letters thus formed?
L
S
O
J
S
Identify only the third letter of the original word and apply the transformation rule to it immediately, ignoring the rest of the string.
Identify only the third letter of the original word and apply the transformation rule to it immediately, ignoring the rest of the string.
Analyze the Word and Rule
The word is PARKING. The rule is to change each letter (vowel or consonant) to the letter following it in the English alphabetical order (i.e., +1 position).
Identify the Target Letter
The question asks for the third letter from the left. In PARKING, the letters are: 1st=P, 2nd=A, 3rd=R. We only need to transform the 3rd letter, which is R.
Apply Transformation
The letter R is a consonant. Following the rule (letter following it in alphabetical order), the letter after R is S.
A: L is the letter preceding M, not the transformation of R; C: O is two positions before Q, not related to the transformation of R; D: J is far removed from the target sequence mapping.
B is correct because the third letter of PARKING is R, and the letter immediately following R in the English alphabet is S.
When a question asks for a specific position in a word transformation, do not waste time transforming the entire word; calculate only the required position.