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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘ATTRIBUTING’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. None
  4. Three
  5. More than three

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Option 5 : More than three
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The word can be represented as follows,

We get 7 such pairs.

FORWARD direction: "AI", "RU", "IN", and "BG".

BACKWARD direction: "RT", "TU", and "GI".

hence, the correct answer is "More than three".

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