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In a certain code language,‘batter ball six’ is coded as ‘lo ka di’,‘bowler ball wicket’ is coded as ‘ka mi th’ and‘batter cricket bowler’ is coded as ‘lo th qy’.What is the possible code for 'cricket ball' in that language?
ka th
ka qy
th lo
qy lo
ka qy
Identify common words between sentences to extract code values. Since 'ball' is common to the first two sentences, its code must be the common term in their codes.
Identify common words between sentences to extract code values. Since 'ball' is common to the first two sentences, its code must be the common term in their codes.
Identify common codes
Comparing 'batter ball six' (lo, ka, di) and 'bowler ball wicket' (ka, mi, th), the word 'ball' is common, so 'ka' is the code for 'ball'.
Deduce remaining codes
Comparing 'bowler ball wicket' (ka, mi, th) and 'batter cricket bowler' (lo, th, qy), the word 'bowler' is common, so 'th' is the code for 'bowler'. Since 'batter' is in (1) and (3) and 'lo' is common to both, 'batter' = 'lo'.
Final Extraction
In 'batter cricket bowler' (lo, th, qy), if batter = lo and bowler = th, then cricket = qy. Thus, cricket (qy) and ball (ka) result in 'qy ka' or 'ka qy'.
A: 'th' is for bowler; C: 'lo' is for batter; D: 'lo' is for batter, making these incorrect.
B is correct because the common logic identifies 'ball' as 'ka' and 'cricket' as 'qy' based on the intersection of the provided coding sets.
In coding-decoding, always list the words and their potential codes side-by-side to visualize intersections quickly without needing to solve for every word.