In a certain code language, 'Siberia is a cold place' is written as 'a cold is…
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In a certain code language, 'Siberia is a cold place' is written as 'a cold is place Siberia' in the same code, 'water freezes to ice here' is coded as 'freezes here ice to water'. How will 'covers ten per cent of earth' be written in the same code?
- A.
covers earth percent ten of
- B.
Earth of covers percent ten
- C.
covers earth percent of ten
- D.
covers earth of percent ten
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Correct answer: D
Key insight: the code writes the words of the sentence in alphabetical order.
Original sentence (normalized): covers ten percent of earth
Split into words: covers, ten, percent, of, earth
Arrange alphabetically: covers, earth, of, percent, ten
Coded sentence: covers earth of percent ten