Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: 3,4,2,1,5
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question asks you to arrange five W E words in dictionary order. Because they all share the starting letters W E A or W E E, it is important to compare the subsequent letters carefully and not rely only on the initial appearance of the words.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
Since all words start with W, and then E, we look at the third letter:
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Identify the third letters. Weather, Weasand, and Wealth all begin with W E A. Weapon also begins with W E A. Weekend begins with W E E.
Step 2: Since A comes before E, all words starting with W E A will appear before Weekend, which starts with W E E. Therefore, Weekend (5) must come last among the given words.
Step 3: Now focus on the W E A words: Weather (1), Weasand (2), Wealth (3), Weapon (4). Compare the fourth letters of these four words.
Step 4: The fourth letters are: Weather has T (W E A T), Weasand has S (W E A S), Wealth has L (W E A L), Weapon has P (W E A P).
Step 5: Alphabetically, L comes before P, which comes before S, which comes before T. So the order among the W E A words is Wealth (3), Weapon (4), Weasand (2), Weather (1).
Step 6: Finally, we append Weekend (5) as the last word. So the dictionary sequence is Wealth (3), Weapon (4), Weasand (2), Weather (1), Weekend (5). The correct code is 3,4,2,1,5.
Verification / Alternative check:
Reading the words in the sequence Wealth, Weapon, Weasand, Weather, Weekend should feel consistent with how you would scan them in a dictionary, because all WEA words are grouped first in L, P, S, T order, followed by the WEE starting word Weekend.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Option 3,2,4,1,5 misorders Weapon and Weasand, even though P comes before S.
Option 3,2,1,4,5 places Weather after Weasand but incorrectly pushes Weapon to the end of the WEA group.
Option 3,4,1,2,5 switches the correct positions of Weasand and Weather.
Option 2,3,4,1,5 starts with Weasand, ignoring that L in Wealth comes before S.
Common Pitfalls:
Candidates might be tempted to group familiar words like Weather and Weekend together and accidentally assume they must be adjacent. Another mistake is to overlook the fourth letter when the first three letters are identical. A disciplined left to right comparison always leads to the correct alphabetical order.
Final Answer:
The correct dictionary sequence is Wealth, Weapon, Weasand, Weather, Weekend, represented by the code 3,4,2,1,5.
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