Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.
1. Breathable
2. Brevetting
3. Breakfast
4. Breviaries
5. Breacher
6. Breakthrough
Correct Answer :
5, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4
Solution :
To arrange the given words in alphabetical order (as they would appear in an English dictionary), we compare them letter by letter from left to right:
1. Breathable
2. Brevetting
3. Breakfast
4. Breviaries
5. Breacher
6. Breakthrough
All six words share the first three letters: Bre-. Therefore, we compare the fourth letter of each word:
- Breacher (4th letter is 'a')
- Breakfast (4th letter is 'a')
- Breakthrough (4th letter is 'a')
- Breathable (4th letter is 'a')
- Brevetting (4th letter is 'v')
- Breviaries (4th letter is 'v')
Since 'a' comes before 'v' in the alphabet, the words starting with 'Brea-' (5, 3, 6, 1) will come before the words starting with 'Brev-' (2, 4).
First, let's sort the 'Brea-' group by comparing their fifth letters:
- 5. Breacher (5th letter is 'c')
- 3. Breakfast (5th letter is 'k')
- 6. Breakthrough (5th letter is 'k')
- 1. Breathable (5th letter is 't')
Comparing these letters, 'c' comes first, followed by 'k', and then 't'.
- Breacher (5) is first in this group.
- Now we compare the two words with 'k' as their fifth letter, Breakfast (3) and Breakthrough (6), by looking at their sixth letters:
- Breakfast (6th letter is 'f')
- Breakthrough (6th letter is 't')
Since 'f' comes before 't', Breakfast (3) comes before Breakthrough (6).
- Breathable (1) with the fifth letter 't' comes last in this group.
So, the order for the first group is: 5, 3, 6, 1.
Next, we sort the 'Brev-' group by comparing their fifth letters:
- 2. Brevetting (5th letter is 'e')
- 4. Breviaries (5th letter is 'i')
Since 'e' comes before 'i', Brevetting (2) comes before Breviaries (4).
So, the order for the second group is: 2, 4.
Combining both groups, the complete alphabetical order is: 5, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4.
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