In a certain code language, ‘ROAD’ is written as ‘40’ and ‘HEAR’ is written as ‘34’. What will be the code for ‘POEM’ in that code language?

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

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THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS:

SUM OF THE PLACE VALUE OF ALPHABET +2

AS

ROAD + 2

= ( 18 + 15 + 1 + 4  )+2

= 38  +2

= 38 + 2 = 40

HEAR + 2

= (8 + 5 + 1+ 18) +2

 = 32 + 2 = 34

SIMILARLY

POEM+2

=16  + 15 + 5 + 13

= 49  +  2 = 51