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2024 AMC 10, 6

What is the minimum number of successive swaps of adjacent letters in the string ABCDEF that are needed to change the string to FEDCBA? (For example, 3 swaps are required to change ABC to CBA; one such sequence of swaps is ABC $\rightarrow$ BAC $\rightarrow$ BCA $\rightarrow$ CBA.) $ \textbf{(A) }6 \qquad \textbf{(B) }10 \qquad \textbf{(C) }12 \qquad \textbf{(D) }15 \qquad \textbf{(E) }24 \qquad $