In a certain code language, ‘TAN’ is written as ‘33’ and ‘PAM’ is written as ‘28’. What will be the code for ‘BUG’ in that code language?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
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THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS:
SUM OF THE PLACE VALUE - 2
AS
TAN
= (20 + 1 + 14) - 2
= 35 - 2 = 33
PAM
= (16 + 1 +13) - 2
= 30 - 2 = 28
THEREFORE
BUG
= (2 + 21 + 7) - 2
= 30 - 2 =28