The row below, read from left to right, is made up of letters, numbers and symbols.
X 1 U U # E O 2 * J @ 8 O X 8 4 9 O J 3 P A Z 3 A S 4
How many vowels in this row have a number directly before them and a consonant directly after them?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 3
Check every vowel in the row: the element before it must be a number, and the element after it must be a consonant. A consonant is any letter other than A, E, I, O and U.
Place 3: 1 U U — does not count (followed by the vowel U)
Place 4: U U # — does not count (preceded by the vowel U)
Place 6: # E O — does not count (preceded by the symbol #)
Place 7: E O 2 — does not count (preceded by the vowel E)
Place 13: 8 O X — counts
Place 18: 9 O J — counts
Place 22: P A Z — does not count (preceded by the consonant P)
Place 25: 3 A S — counts
So the answer is 3.