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?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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