Solution:
The machine is arranging the numbers in the increasing order of the sum of the digits on the number.
Input: 245 (11), 316 (10), 436 (13), 519 (15), 868 (22), 710 (8), 689 (23).
The number in the bracket indicates the sum of digits of the given number.
Step 1: 710 (8), 316 (10), 436 (13), 519 (15), 868 (22), 245 (11), 689 (23).
∴ The machine has swapped 710 (8) with 245 (11).
Step 2: 710 (8), 316 (10), 245 (11), 519 (15), 868 (22), 436 (13), 689 (23).
Thus it has swapped 436 (13) with 245 (11).
Step 3: 710 (8), 316 (10), 245 (11), 436 (13), 868 (22), 519 (15), 689 (23).
Thus it has swapped 436 (13) with 519 (15).
Step 4: 710 (8), 316 (10), 245 (11), 436 (13), 519 (15), 868 (22), 689 (23).
Thus it has swapped 519 (15)with 868 (22).
We are given the result obtained in step 3rd. We can't go backward as there is no logic for processing backward.Hence, option D is the correct answer.
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