In a certain code language, ‘SALT’ is coded as ‘16’, and ‘PICKLE’ is coded as ‘36’. How will ‘PRESERVATIVE’ be coded in that language?

144

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 :

LOGIC =  NUMBER OF LETTERS²

AS

SALT = 4² = 16

PICKLE = 6² = 36

SIMILARLY

PRESERVATIVE = 12² = 144