In a certain code language, 'PEPPER' is coded as 76 and 'CUCUMBER' is coded as 86. How will 'CAULIFLOWER' be coded in that language?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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 :
SUM OF POSITIONAL VALUES OF ALL ALPHABETS
AS
PEPPER
= 16 + 5+ 16 + 16 + 5 + 18
= 76
AND
CUCUMBER
3 + 21 + 3 + 21 + 13 + 2 + 5 + 18 = 86
SIMILARLY
CAULIFLOWER
3 + 1 + 21+ 12 + 9 +6 + 12 + 15 + 23 + 5 + 18 = 125