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In a certain code language, ‘he was good’ is coded as ‘ik bu oy’ and ‘was she there’ is coded as ‘bu ha no’. How is ‘was’ coded in the given language?
bu
ha
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Identify the common word between the two sentences and find the common code corresponding to it.
Identify the common word between the two sentences and find the common code corresponding to it.
Analyze Statement 1
Sentence 1 is 'he was good' coded as 'ik bu oy'. This means each word maps to one of these three codes.
Analyze Statement 2
Sentence 2 is 'was she there' coded as 'bu ha no'. This means each word maps to one of these three codes.
Find the Intersection
Comparing the two sentences, the word 'was' is common to both. Looking at the codes 'ik bu oy' and 'bu ha no', the code 'bu' is common to both sets.
B: 'ha' is one of the codes for 'she' or 'there', C: 'ik' is one of the codes for 'he' or 'good', D: 'no' is one of the codes for 'she' or 'there'.
A is correct because the word 'was' appears in both sentences, and 'bu' is the only code that appears in both corresponding code sets.
Always look for the intersection of sets first; this is the most efficient way to isolate codes for common words without needing to decode the entire string.