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

Landlord

Laugh

Landing

Latter

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

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's arrange the words alphabetically step-by-step:
All words start with 'La'. Let's look at the 3rd letter:

Language (3rd letter 'n')

Landlord (3rd letter 'n')

Laugh (3rd letter 'u')

Landing (3rd letter 'n')

Latter (3rd letter 't')

Comparing the 3rd letters ('n', 't', 'u'): 'n' comes first, then 't', then 'u'.
So words 1, 2, 4 come before 5, which comes before 3.

Let's order 1, 2, 4 among themselves by looking at their 4th letters:

Language (4th letter 'g')

Landlord (4th letter 'd')

Landing (4th letter 'd')

'd' comes before 'g', so 2 and 4 come before 1.
Now let's compare 2 and 4 using their 5th letters:

Landlord (5th letter 'l')

Landing (5th letter 'i')

'i' comes before 'l', so 4 comes first, then 2.
The relative sequence is 4, then 2, then 1.

Combining all parts together, the final dictionary order is:
4 (Landing) → 2 (Landlord) → 1 (Language) → 5 (Latter) → 3 (Laugh)

The correct order is 4, 2, 1, 5, 3.

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

Landlord

Laugh

Landing

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

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