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In a certain code language, ‘oh my god’ is written as ‘jk sr qw’, and ‘god is good’ is written as ‘dk zx sr’. How is ‘god’ written in that language?
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Identify the common word between the two phrases and find the corresponding common code in the given sequences.
Identify the common word between the two phrases and find the corresponding common code in the given sequences.
Analyze the first phrase
The phrase 'oh my god' is coded as 'jk sr qw'. This means 'god' must be either 'jk', 'sr', or 'qw'.
Analyze the second phrase
The phrase 'god is good' is coded as 'dk zx sr'. This means 'god' must be either 'dk', 'zx', or 'sr'.
Find the intersection
Comparing the two lists, the only code present in both phrases ('oh my god' and 'god is good') is 'sr'. Since 'god' is the only word common to both phrases, 'god' must be coded as 'sr'.
A: qw is a code for 'oh' or 'my' in the first phrase; B: jk is a code for 'oh' or 'my' in the first phrase; D: dk is a code for 'is' or 'good' in the second phrase.
C is correct because 'sr' is the only code that appears in both given phrase sets, matching the only common word 'god'.
Always look for the word that repeats across the provided sentences first; this will almost always reveal the mapping for the requested word immediately.