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In a certain code language, 'HANKY' is coded as '56428' and 'SNAKY' is coded as '48725'. What is the code for 'H' in the given code language?
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Identify common letters in both words and cross-reference their positions with the given codes to find the value assigned to H.
Identify common letters in both words and cross-reference their positions with the given codes to find the value assigned to H.
Mapping the letters
Given codes: HANKY = 56428 and SNAKY = 48725. Let's list the positions of the letters in each word: H=5, A=6, N=4, K=2, Y=8 for HANKY; S=4, N=8, A=7, K=2, Y=5 for SNAKY. Note: These are likely positional or arbitrary substitutions.
Identifying H
Compare the letters in HANKY and SNAKY. The common letters are A, N, K, Y. In the code 56428 and 48725, the digits 2, 4, 5, and 8 appear in both. The only letter in HANKY not present in SNAKY is H. Similarly, the only digit in 56428 not present in 48725 is 6. Therefore, H corresponds to 6.
A: 2 is associated with letter K; B: 4 is associated with letters N/S; D: 8 is associated with letters Y/N.
C is correct because by comparing the sets of letters {H, A, N, K, Y} mapped to {5, 6, 4, 2, 8} and {S, N, A, K, Y} mapped to {4, 8, 7, 2, 5}, the unique letter H maps to the unique digit 6.
Always isolate the unique variable first when comparing two coded strings; it drastically speeds up the identification of the target letter's code.