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A number arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement.

Input:    12, 17, 14, 23, 22, 19, 25, 29

Step I:    6, 16, 10, 10, 8, 20, 14, 22

Step II:   9, 64, 25, 25, 16, 100, 49, 121

Step III: 15, 20, 17, 17, 16, 22, 19, 23

Step IV: 9, 18, 9, 9, 9, 18, 9, 18

Step V:   11, 20, 11, 11, 11, 20, 11, 20

What will be the fifth step of the following input?

Input 52, 78, 43, 39, 47, 36, 57, 19

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  1. 78, 43, 52, 39, 47, 57, 36, 19
  2. 11, 20, 11, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20
  3. 39, 43, 47, 78, 36, 57, 52, 19
  4. 47, 36, 43, 39, 57, 19, 52, 78
  5. None of these

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Option 2 : 11, 20, 11, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20
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Logic:

Step I: Add the digits of the number and multiply by 2.

Step II: Divide the number by 2 and square it.

Step III: Take Square root and add 12 in it

Step IV: Subtract the sum of digit from number

Step V: Add 2 in each number

Input:    52, 78, 43, 39, 47, 36, 57, 19

Step I:    14, 30, 14, 24, 22, 18, 24, 20

Step II:   49, 225, 49, 144, 121, 81, 144, 100

Step III: 19, 27, 19, 24, 23, 21, 24, 22

Step IV: 9, 18, 9, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18

Step V:   11, 20, 11, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20

Hence, “11, 20, 11, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20” will be fifth step of given input.
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