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In a certain code language, 'actor singer dancer’ is coded as ‘ma ph st’, ‘dancer doctor engineer’ is coded as ‘cd le ma’ and ‘engineer actor cricketer’ is coded as ‘st bq cd’. (All the codes are two-letter codes only.) What is the code for 'actor' in that lanuage?
st
bq
ma
cd
st
Identify common words across code strings to isolate the unique code for each word through process of elimination.
Identify common words across code strings to isolate the unique code for each word through process of elimination.
Analyze Commonality
Compare the given code strings. 'actor' appears in string 1 and 3. By checking the corresponding codes, 'st' is the only code present in both string 1 and 3.
Cross-Verify
Dancer appears in 1 and 2, which share code 'ma'. Engineer appears in 2 and 3, which share code 'cd'. This confirms the mapping: actor=st, dancer=ma, engineer=cd.
B: 'bq' is the code for 'cricketer' (only in string 3). C: 'ma' is the code for 'dancer'. D: 'cd' is the code for 'engineer'.
A is correct because the word 'actor' appears exclusively in the first and third code strings, and 'st' is the only code that matches this pattern.
In multi-word coding questions, always start by finding words that appear in the maximum number of sentences to quickly identify their unique codes.