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In a certain code language,‘guns and roses’ is coded as ‘li mh ca’,‘for the roses’ is coded as ‘mh bo ph’ and‘guns for colours’ is coded as ‘ca bo qu’.What is the code for 'roses' in that language?
li
mh
ca
bo
mh
Identify common words between sentences and match them with common codes to isolate the required word's code.
Identify common words between sentences and match them with common codes to isolate the required word's code.
Analyze Sentence 1 and 2
Compare 'guns and roses' (li mh ca) and 'for the roses' (mh bo ph). The common word is 'roses' and the common code is 'mh'.
Verify Exclusion
Check if 'mh' appears in 'guns for colours' (ca bo qu). It does not, confirming 'mh' is unique to 'roses' given the structure.
A: 'li' is present in sentence 1 but not 2, meaning it belongs to 'guns' or 'and'. C: 'ca' is present in sentence 1 and 3, meaning it belongs to 'guns'. D: 'bo' is present in sentence 2 and 3, meaning it belongs to 'for'.
B is correct because 'mh' is the only code that appears in both 'guns and roses' and 'for the roses', matching the word 'roses' common to both sentences.
In coding puzzles, always look for the word that appears the least number of times to quickly identify its code by comparing the fewest possible sentence intersections.