Select the cor rect option that indicates the the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.

1. petitionary

2. petitioning

3. petition

4. petitioners

5. petitioned

To arrange the given words in the correct alphabetical order as they would appear in an English dictionary, we compare them letter by letter from left to right:

All five words share the common prefix petition:
1. petitionary
2. petitioning
3. petition
4. petitioners
5. petitioned

Since petition (Word 3) has no more letters after the prefix, it is the shortest and will appear first in the dictionary. This gives us our first word: 3.

Next, we look at the letters immediately following the prefix petition in the remaining words:
- Word 1 has a (in "ary")
- Word 2 has i (in "ing")
- Word 4 has e (in "ers")
- Word 5 has e (in "ed")

Alphabetically, a comes first, which means petitionary (Word 1) comes next. Our sequence is now: 3, 1.

Now we compare the words starting with e: petitioners (Word 4) and petitioned (Word 5). We compare their next letters:
- In petitioned (Word 5), the letter after "petitione" is d.
- In petitioners (Word 4), the letter after "petitione" is r.

Since d comes before r in the alphabet, petitioned (Word 5) comes before petitioners (Word 4). Our sequence is now: 3, 1, 5, 4.

Finally, the remaining word, petitioning (Word 2), which has the letter i following "petition", comes last. Our complete sequence is: 3, 1, 5, 4, 2.

Therefore, the correct alphabetical order is 3, 1, 5, 4, 2.