Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.
- AJAAAAJA
- BAAJJAAA
- CJAAJAJJ
- DAJJAAJJ
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Let's count the total number of letters and spaces, which is . We can test patterns of length 3 or 4.Let's try a repeating pattern of 3 letters: A J A or J A M:Let's test option C: JAAJAJJSubstituting the letters in order:
Let's break this into chunks of 3 letters:
— No clear pattern.Let's test Option B: AAJJAAA
— No.Let's analyze the string structure itself: _ A _ J _ _ J _ A _ _ ANotice the pairs of J and A. What if the pattern is a repeating 3-letter block like J A A?Let's fill to get J A A: — Doesn't fit perfectly.Let's check Option A: JAAAAJA
Let's divide this into repeating blocks of 3 letters:
This forms a perfect, continuous repeating sequence of the block JAA.The letters filled are: J, A, A, A, A, J, A.
Let's break this into chunks of 3 letters:
— No clear pattern.Let's test Option B: AAJJAAA
— No.Let's analyze the string structure itself: _ A _ J _ _ J _ A _ _ ANotice the pairs of J and A. What if the pattern is a repeating 3-letter block like J A A?Let's fill to get J A A: — Doesn't fit perfectly.Let's check Option A: JAAAAJA
Let's divide this into repeating blocks of 3 letters:
This forms a perfect, continuous repeating sequence of the block JAA.The letters filled are: J, A, A, A, A, J, A.