Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'ICE' is coded as '20' and 'HOT' is coded as '46'. How will 'POT' be coded in that language?

Options:

54

58

56

55

Correct Answer:

54

Explanation:

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 :

ADDITION OF ALL LETTERS + 3 = CODE

AS

ICE

= ICE + 3

= (9 + 3  + 5) + 3

= 17 +3

=  20

AND

HOT

HOT + 3

= (8 + 15  + 20) + 3

= 43 +3

=  46

SIMILARLY

POT

= POT + 3

= (16 + 15  + 20) + 3

= 51 +3

=  54