Question

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A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of the input and the rearrangement which the machine follows. (All the numbers given in the arrangement are two digit numbers).
Input: gone over 35 69 test 72 park 27
Step I: 27 gone over 35 69 test 72 park
Step II: 27 test gone over 35 69 72 park
Step III: 27 test 35 gone over 69 72 park
Step IV: 27 test 35 park gone over 69 72
Step V: 27 test 35 park 69 gone over 72
Step VI: 27 test 35 park 69 over gone 73
Step VII: 27 test 35 park 69 over 72 gone
And Step VII is the last step of rearrangement of the above input as the desired arrangement is obtained.
As per the rules followed in the steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: where 47 59 12 are they going 39
Which of the following steps will be the last but one?

A VII
B IV
C V
D VIII
E None of these

Answer 1

After analyzing the provided example, the input 'where 47 59 12 are they going 39' is rearranged according to the rules leading to Step VII being the last but one step in the process. The answer is Option A - Step VII.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question revolves around a logical reasoning puzzle in which a machine follows a specific rule to rearrange words and numbers in an input line. By analyzing the provided example steps, one can determine the process the machine uses to rearrange the elements. The rule appears to sort numbers in ascending order on the left while moving words to the right, applying some specific order. Using the same rule, we need to apply these steps to the new input 'where 47 59 12 are they going 39' to find out which step will be the last but one in the rearrangement process.

To solve this, we rearrange the given input as the machine would:

1. 12 where 47 59 are they going 39
2. 12 are where 47 59 they going 39
3. 12 are 39 where 47 59 they going
4. 12 are 39 going where 47 59 they
5. 12 are 39 going 47 where 59 they
6. 12 are 39 going 47 they where 59
7. 12 are 39 going 47 they 59 where

The last but one step would thus be Step VII, where the numbers have been completely sorted in ascending order on the left and the words on the right are just one step away from being completely sorted. Therefore, the correct answer is Option A - Step VII.