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A message had been coded by replacing each letter with a certain different one. Then it was transmitted. The words “pliot” and “awful” were in the original message. In the table below, which could their coded versions be if, after receiving the message, it was properly decoded?
Make only one selection in each column.
Make only one selection in each column.
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| Pilot | Awful | Coded word |
| hated | ||
| blast | ||
| craft | ||
| cobra | ||
| pilot | ||
| awful |
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This question is based on word matching
p i l o t
a w f u l
Clue 1 : As the resultant answer is the decoded word, the third alphabet of the decoded word representing the word "pilot" must match the last alphabet of the decoded word representing the word "awful".
Clue 2 : As no other alphabets are common between the two words, the same pattern should be observed in the decoded word as well.
With these clues in mind, let's see the available options
1. hated
The third alphabet is "t". Let's find out words that end with "t". There are two available words: "pilot" and "craft".
From clue 2, we know that no word should repeat between the encoded words as no alphabets other than "l" is common between the words "pilot" and "aweful". Hence, we can eliminate "craft" as the alphabet "a" is common.
Resultant Answer:
pilot ⇒ hated
awful ⇒ pilot
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1. From the information given, we can deduce that the code has the following rules:
- Every letter is coded to a different one from itself.
- No two letters are coded to the same one.
- No letter is coded to more than one letter.
2. Pilot and awful have only the letter l in common - in the 3rd and 5th places, respectively. Let's look at what coded pairs also share a similar letter in the same places:
- hated with blast/craft/pilot. Blast or craft share another letter "a" with hated, so, they don't work.
- blast with cobra. They both share another letter "b", so, it doesn't work.
- craft with cobra. They both share another letter "c", so, it doesn't work.
- pilot with awful. This would mean that the letters, when coded, go to themselves, which goes against the rules.
3. We're left with hated and pilot.
4. Our answer will be: Pilot - hated and Awful - pilot.
- Every letter is coded to a different one from itself.
- No two letters are coded to the same one.
- No letter is coded to more than one letter.
2. Pilot and awful have only the letter l in common - in the 3rd and 5th places, respectively. Let's look at what coded pairs also share a similar letter in the same places:
- hated with blast/craft/pilot. Blast or craft share another letter "a" with hated, so, they don't work.
- blast with cobra. They both share another letter "b", so, it doesn't work.
- craft with cobra. They both share another letter "c", so, it doesn't work.
- pilot with awful. This would mean that the letters, when coded, go to themselves, which goes against the rules.
3. We're left with hated and pilot.
4. Our answer will be: Pilot - hated and Awful - pilot.
the question has the word 'pliot' and not 'pilot'.
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Please do correct the question as also suggested by Prathish. Pliot shall be modified to to Pilot if the explanation has to match.
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The answer should be Hated and Cobra, since the question asks PLIOT and not PILOT
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