Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
NOTIFY : MFITOB :: ABSENT : ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → ZNESBG
Two letters are opposite letters when their places in the alphabet add up to 27 (A and Z, B and Y, and so on). Compare NOTIFY with MFITOB in three parts: the first letter, the four middle letters and the last letter.
First letter N (14) becomes M (13): \(14+13=27\), so N is replaced by its opposite letter
Last letter Y (25) becomes B (2): \(25+2=27\), again the opposite letter
Middle letters O, T, I, F become F, I, T, O: the middle four are written in reverse order
ABSENT: first letter A (1) becomes its opposite \(27-1=26\), Z
Middle letters B, S, E, N in reverse order: N, E, S, B
Last letter T (20) becomes its opposite \(27-20=7\), G
So the code is ZNESBG. ZNEBSG has the right end letters but does not reverse the middle letters.