Practicing Success
In a certain code language, STAR is coded as 55 and CUT is coded as 42. How will 'PEN' be coded as in that language? |
63 55 51 68 |
51 |
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 ********************************************************** THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS: PLACE OF LETTERS - (NO OF LETTERS - 1 ) AS STAR 19 + 20 + 1 + 18 - (NO OF LETTERS -1) = 58 - (4 - 1) = 58 - (3) = 55 CUT 3 + 21 + 20 - (NO OF LETTERS -1) = 44 - ( 3 - 1) = 44 - 2 = 42 SIMILARLY PEN 15 + 5 + 14 - (NO OF LETTERS -1) = 35 - (3 - 1 ) = 35 - 2 = 33 |