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English Alphabet

by Aman verma » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:28 am
Q: Jessica has written all the letters (or the characters) of English alphabet ( i.e A,B,C,D......Y,Z) horizontally in a single line.She started counting as A-1,B-2,C-3,D-4.......Y-25,Z-26 and reversed back as Y-27 ,X-28,W-29,V-30......B-50,A-51 and further reversed back as B-52,C-53,D-54 ....... and so on. She continued counting till she reached the 777th character. At which letter or character she stopped counting ?

a) Y

b) B

c) R

d) Z

f) K
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by ajith » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:50 am
Aman verma wrote:Q: Jessica has written all the letters (or the characters) of English alphabet ( i.e A,B,C,D......Y,Z) horizontally in a single line.She started counting as A-1,B-2,C-3,D-4.......Y-25,Z-26 and reversed back as Y-27 ,X-28,W-29,V-30......B-50,A-51 and further reversed back as B-52,C-53,D-54 ....... and so on. She continued counting till she reached the 777th character. At which letter or character she stopped counting ?

a) Y

b) B

c) R

d) Z

f) K
With 51 we cover all the letters for the first time and with 50 we cover it second time

so by 751 we would have reached A again
by 776 we would have reached Z and 777th would be Y
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by Aman verma » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:51 am
Ans: a) Y.
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