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In a certain code language, 'cant hurt me' is written as 'yk ja cm' and 'did he hurt' is coded as 'bt yo ja'. How is 'hurt' coded in the given language?
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Identify common words between sentences to isolate the code for 'hurt'.
Identify common words between sentences to isolate the code for 'hurt'.
Analyze Sentence 1
The phrase 'cant hurt me' is coded as 'yk ja cm'.
Analyze Sentence 2
The phrase 'did he hurt' is coded as 'bt yo ja'.
Identify Commonality
Comparing the two phrases, the only common word is 'hurt'. Comparing the two codes, the only common string is 'ja'. Therefore, 'hurt' corresponds to 'ja'.
A: 'yk' corresponds to 'cant' or 'me'. B: 'bt' corresponds to 'did' or 'he'. D: 'yo' corresponds to 'did' or 'he'.
C is correct because 'ja' is the only code that appears in both given phrases, which share only the word 'hurt'.
In coding-decoding questions, always look for repeating words across multiple sentences first; this often eliminates the need to decode the entire phrase.