In a certain code language: "Bitter patience sweet fruit" is coded as "Bo Po…
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In a certain code language:
"Bitter patience sweet fruit" is coded as "Bo Po So To".
"Art is sweet happiness" is coded as "Ao Io So Ho".
"Hoping is concealing bitter" is coded as "Hp Io Co Bo".
"Patience is art of hoping" is coded as "Po Io Ao Fo Hp".
How will "Patience is happiness" be coded in this language?
Answer: D. Po Io Ho — CONCEPTIn sentence-based coding, a word repeated across two statements must share the code repeated across their code groups. Intersecting several statement…
- A.
Ho Io Po
- B.
Hp Ao Po
- C.
Po Ao Hp
- D.
Po Io Ho
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Correct answer: D
CONCEPT
In sentence-based coding, a word repeated across two statements must share the code repeated across their code groups. Intersecting several statement pairs isolates each word-code mapping before the required sequence is assembled.
APPLICATION
Bitter occurs in the first and third statements; their only common code is Bo. Thus bitter maps to Bo.
Sweet occurs in the first and second statements; their only common code is So. Thus sweet maps to So.
Is occurs in the second, third, and fourth statements; the common code is Io. Thus is maps to Io.
Art occurs in the second and fourth statements; after identifying Io for is, the common remaining code is Ao. Thus art maps to Ao.
Hoping occurs in the third and fourth statements; after removing the known codes, Hp remains. Thus hoping maps to Hp.
Patience occurs in the first and fourth statements; the common code is Po. In the second statement, the only unassigned word happiness therefore maps to Ho.
Word | Code |
|---|---|
Patience | Po |
is | Io |
happiness | Ho |
CROSS-CHECK
Po appears with patience in both source statements.
Io appears with is in all three source statements.
Ho is the only unassigned code paired with happiness in the second statement.
Therefore, "Patience is happiness" is coded as "Po Io Ho".