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Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.PatentPaternalismPatchworkPaternityPaternal

  1. A
    4, 1, 5, 2, 3
  2. B
    2, 4, 5, 1, 3
  3. C
    3, 5, 1, 4, 2
  4. D
    3, 1, 5, 2, 4

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's arrange the words according to alphabetical order letter-by-letter:All words share the prefix 'Pat-'. Let's look at the 4th letter:Patchwork (4th letter 'c') comes first 3Patent (4th letter 'e') comes next 1Now we sort the remaining words starting with 'Patern-':Paternal (ends here) comes next 5Paternalism (has extra letters after 'paternal') comes next 2Paternity (7th letter 'i') comes last 4Combining them gives the sequence: 3, 1, 5, 2, 4.

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Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.PatentPaternalismPatchworkPaternityPaternal
A
4, 1, 5, 2, 3
B
2, 4, 5, 1, 3
C
3, 5, 1, 4, 2
D
3, 1, 5, 2, 4

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