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How many such pairs of the letters are there in the word MOCKINGLY both in forward and backward directions ,each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in english alphabetical order?OptionsOneThreeMore than ThreeNoneTwo

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How many such pairs of the letters are there in the word MOCKINGLY both in forward and backward directions ,each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in english alphabetical order?OptionsOneThreeMore than ThreeNoneTwo

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To find the number of pairs of letters in the word "MOCKINGLY" that have the same number of letters between them as in the English alphabetical order, we can follow these steps:

  1. Write down the English alphabetical order: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

  2. Identify the letters in the word "MOCKINGLY" that have the same number of letters between them as in the alphabetical order.

    • The letter "M" has 12 letters between it and "Y" in the alphabetical order.
    • The letter "O" has 10 letters between it and "Q" in the alphabetical order.
    • The letter "C" has 8 letters between it and "K" in the alphabetical order.
    • The letter "K" has 6 letters between it and "O" in the alphabetical order.
    • The letter "I" has 4 letters between it and "M" in the alphabetical order.
  3. Count the number of pairs that meet the criteria. In this case, there are two pairs: (M, Y) and (O, Q).

Therefore, the answer is Two.

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