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In a certain code language, ‘GROW’ is coded as ‘5397’ and ‘WILD’ is coded as ‘6942’. What is the code for ‘W’ in the given code language?
2
7
6
9
9
Identify common letters present in both words and match them with the corresponding common digits in their given codes.
Identify common letters present in both words and match them with the corresponding common digits in their given codes.
Analyze the first word and code
GROW is coded as 5397. This implies the mapping: G=5, R=3, O=9, W=7 (or some permutation of these).
Analyze the second word and code
WILD is coded as 6942. This implies the mapping: W=6, I=9, L=4, D=2 (or some permutation of these).
Identify the common character
The letter W appears in both GROW and WILD. Looking at the codes 5397 and 6942, the only common digit is 9.
A: 2 is the code for D, B: 7 is assigned to other letters based on potential positional shifts but 9 is the verified intersection, C: 6 is an alternative digit in WILD but does not match the intersection of both strings.
D is correct because 9 is the only digit common to the codes for both GROW (5397) and WILD (6942), representing the letter W.
In coding-decoding questions with multiple words, always look for repeating letters and their corresponding common numeric values first to solve without mapping every single character.