In certain code language, ‘DID’ is coded as ‘494’, ‘DEAR’ is coded as ‘4518’ and ‘BENT’ is coded as ‘2540’. How will ‘FOR’ be coded in that language?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
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:
EACH LETTER HAS CODE LANGUAGE OF ITS POSITION AND THE FOR TWO DIGIT POSITION THE LAST DIGIT IS USED AS THE CODE LANGUAGE OF THAT LETTER
ALPHABETS D I D
POSITION 4 9 4
CODE 4 9 4
AND,
ALPHABETS D E A R
POSITION 4 5 1 18
CODE 4 5 1 8
AND,
ALPHABETS B E N T
POSITION 2 5 14 20
CODE 2 5 4 0
SIMILARLY
ALPHABETS F O R
POSITION 6 15 18
CODE 6 5 8
HENCE 658 IS CORRECT ANSWER