The position of how many letters will change if each of the letters in the word ‘CORNFLAKES’ is re-arranged in the English alphabetical order from left to right?

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Step 1: Write the original word and note the position of each letter:
C O R N F L A K E S
Positions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Step 2: Arrange the letters in alphabetical order:
A C E F K L N O R S
Positions in new order: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Step 3: Compare each letter's original position with its new position:
- C: original 1, new 2 (changed)
- O: original 2, new 8 (changed)
- R: original 3, new 9 (changed)
- N: original 4, new 7 (changed)
- F: original 5, new 4 (changed)
- L: original 6, new 6 (same)
- A: original 7, new 1 (changed)
- K: original 8, new 5 (changed)
- E: original 9, new 3 (changed)
- S: original 10, new 10 (same)

Step 4: Count letters whose positions changed:
C, O, R, N, F, A, K, E = 8 letters

Therefore, the position of 8 letters will change.

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