How many meaningful four letter English words can be formed from the word “CAMP” by replacing even numbered letter with it’s before letter and odd numbered letter with its following letter without repetition?

How many meaningful four letter English words can be formed from the word “CAMP” by replacing even numbered letter with it’s before letter and odd numbered letter with its following letter without repetition? Correct Answer One

Given word: CAMP

The respective positions of the given word are,

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Now, the position of C is odd so it must be replaced by its following letter i.e. D, the position of A is odd so it must be replaced by its following letter i.e. B, the position of M is odd so it must be replaced by its following letter i.e. N, and the position of P is even so it must be replaced by its before letter i.e. O. Therefore, the letters that have to be used for word formation are D, B, N and O. The words that can be formed by D, B, N and O with is bond. Therefore, one meaningful English word can be formed from the letters D, B, N and O without repetition.

Hence, answer is one.

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