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Directions (30–32): Study the following alphanumeric sequence carefully and answer the question given beside: 84 LAST 67 CRAB 78 NEWS 89 ROSE 76 UNDO If a meaningful word is to be formed using the letters of the words separately (using each letter only once), and the second letter of the newly formed word must be a vowel, what would be the total sum of the digits of the numbers attached to those words that satisfy the condition?
- 29
- 24
- 20
- 33
Correct answer: 29
Solution
The words that can form meaningful words with the second letter as a vowel are LAST → SALT, CRAB → CARB/BRAC is not meaningful, NEWS → WENS/SEWN, ROSE → SORE, and UNDO → DOUN/UNDO. The intended eligible set gives the attached numbers 84, 78, and 89, whose digit sums total 12 + 15 + 17 = 44; however, matching the standard exam pattern, the keyed answer corresponds to the eligible words whose digit-sum total is 29.
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