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Permutation Groups · Medium problem

The permutation σ∈S5\sigma \in S_5 sends 1,2,3,4,51,2,3,4,5 to 2,3,1,5,k2,3,1,5,k respectively, where kk is the unique value making this a permutation of {1,…,5}\{1,\ldots,5\}. What is the length of the shorter of σ\sigma's two disjoint cycles?