Apply the same pattern used in the following group and find the correct option.

METAL : LATEM :: FIBER : ?

The correct option is REBIF.

Step-by-Step Explanation:

To find the missing word, let us analyze the pattern established in the first pair, METAL : LATEM.

If we look closely at the word METAL and its corresponding word LATEM:

- First letter: M → Last letter of LATEM
- Second letter: E → Fourth letter of LATEM
- Third letter: T → Third letter of LATEM
- Fourth letter: A → Second letter of LATEM
- Fifth letter: L → First letter of LATEM

We can see that the word METAL has been completely reversed to form LATEM.

Now, applying the exact same reversal pattern to the word FIBER:

- 1st letter 'F' becomes the 5th letter.
- 2nd letter 'I' becomes the 4th letter.
- 3rd letter 'B' stays the 3rd letter.
- 4th letter 'E' becomes the 2nd letter.
- 5th letter 'R' becomes the 1st letter.

Reversing the letters of FIBER (F-I-B-E-R) gives us R-E-B-I-F, which spells REBIF.

Therefore, the correct word to complete the analogy is REBIF.