A word and number arrangement machine rearranges words and numbers in a specific sequence. Given the input: 67 h o t s u n 19 b e s t 83 i c e 49 a c ...

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A word and number arrangement machine rearranges words and numbers in a specific sequence. Given the input:

67hotsun19best83ice49ace77cut3767 \quad hot \quad sun \quad 19 \quad best \quad 83 \quad ice \quad 49 \quad ace \quad 77 \quad cut \quad 37

How many steps will the machine take to complete the arrangement following the same rules as illustrated below?

Illustration:

Input:

52peak91snowfreeze46cold15high3173trek52 \quad peak \quad 91 \quad snow \quad freeze \quad 46 \quad cold \quad 15 \quad high \quad 31 \quad 73 \quad trek

Step I:

1552peaksnowfreeze46coldhigh3173trek9115 \quad 52 \quad peak \quad snow \quad freeze \quad 46 \quad cold \quad high \quad 31 \quad 73 \quad trek \quad 91

Step II:

153152peaksnowfreeze46coldhightrek739115 \quad 31 \quad 52 \quad peak \quad snow \quad freeze \quad 46 \quad cold \quad high \quad trek \quad 73 \quad 91

Step III:

153146peaksnowfreezecoldhightrek52739115 \quad 31 \quad 46 \quad peak \quad snow \quad freeze \quad cold \quad high \quad trek \quad 52 \quad 73 \quad 91

Step IV:

153146coldpeaksnowfreezehightrek52739115 \quad 31 \quad 46 \quad cold \quad peak \quad snow \quad freeze \quad high \quad trek \quad 52 \quad 73 \quad 91

Step V:

153146coldfreezepeaksnowhightrek52739115 \quad 31 \quad 46 \quad cold \quad freeze \quad peak \quad snow \quad high \quad trek \quad 52 \quad 73 \quad 91

Step VI:

153146coldfreezehighpeaksnowtrek52739115 \quad 31 \quad 46 \quad cold \quad freeze \quad high \quad peak \quad snow \quad trek \quad 52 \quad 73 \quad 91

Step VI is the final step of the rearrangement.

Choose the correct number of steps required to complete the arrangement for the given input.

Options

A.

X

B.

VIII

C.

IX

D.

VII

E.

None of these

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