In a certain code language, DRLAL is coded as 62014314. How is CAMEL coded in…

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In a certain code language, DRLAL is coded as 62014314. How is CAMEL coded in the same language?

  1. A.

    5315714

  2. B.

    35729310

  3. C.

    5313613

  4. D.

    none

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Correct answer: A

Concept: In this letter-to-number coding scheme, each letter's position in the alphabet (A = 1, B = 2, ... , Z = 26) is increased by a fixed constant, and the resulting numbers for every letter of the word are written one after another, with no separator, to form the code.

Application — first confirm the shift using the given code for DRLAL:

  1. D is the 4th letter of the alphabet; 4 + 2 = 6

  2. R is the 18th letter; 18 + 2 = 20

  3. L is the 12th letter; 12 + 2 = 14

  4. A is the 1st letter; 1 + 2 = 3

  5. L is the 12th letter; 12 + 2 = 14

Writing these results in order — 6, 20, 14, 3, 14 — gives 62014314, which matches the given code exactly, confirming that a fixed +2 shift is applied to each letter's alphabet position before concatenation.

Now apply the same rule to CAMEL:

  1. C is the 3rd letter; 3 + 2 = 5

  2. A is the 1st letter; 1 + 2 = 3

  3. M is the 13th letter; 13 + 2 = 15

  4. E is the 5th letter; 5 + 2 = 7

  5. L is the 12th letter; 12 + 2 = 14

Concatenating these results in order — 5, 3, 15, 7, 14 — gives 5315714.

Cross-check: reversing the rule — subtracting 2 from each block of the derived code (5, 3, 15, 7, 14) — recovers 3, 1, 13, 5, 12, which are exactly the alphabet positions of C, A, M, E, L, confirming the forward derivation is self-consistent.

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