Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information. A number arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. Illustrations of the input and the steps of arrangement is given below.
Input : 245, 316, 436, 519, 868, 710, 689
Step 1: 710, 316, 436, 519, 868, 245, 689
Step 2: 710, 316, 245, 519, 868, 436, 689
Step 3: 710, 316, 245, 436, 868, 519, 689
Step 4: 710, 316, 245, 436, 519, 868, 689
Step 4 is the last step for the given input.
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How many steps will be required to get the final output from the following input?
Input: 544, 653, 325, 688, 461, 231, 85
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- 6
- 5
- 4
- None of the above
Correct Option: B
after a close look we can observe that it is the sum of the digits that plays main role here rather than the number itself.
From this given data we can observe the pattern that the number that has lowest sum of digits shifts its position towards left and this process continues.
