In a certain code language "PRINCE" is written as "356987". In that code…
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In a certain code language "PRINCE" is written as "356987". In that code language, how will "NICE" be written?
- A.
8765
- B.
9687
- C.
6987
- D.
9678
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Correct answer: B
In a letter-to-number coding puzzle, every letter of the source word is assigned exactly one fixed digit, and any new word built from those same letters must reuse each letter's digit, in the order the letters appear in the new word.
Letters | P | R | I | N | C | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Codes | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Applying this to NICE:
N is coded as 9.
I is coded as 6.
C is coded as 8.
E is coded as 7.
Reading the digits in the same order as the letters of NICE gives 9687.
Cross-check: the digits 9, 6, 8, and 7 map back to N, I, C, and E respectively in the key above, and none of these digits belongs to any other letter in PRINCE, confirming the coding is consistent.
So NICE is coded as 9687.