In a certain code language 253 means books are old, 546 means man is o...
In the first and second statements, the common code digit is ‘5’ and the common word is ‘old’. So ‘5’ means ‘old’. In the first and third statements, the common code digit is ‘3’ and the common word is ‘books’. So, ‘3’ means ‘books’.
Thus, in the first statement ‘2’ means ‘are’.
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In a certain code language 253 means books are old, 546 means man is o...
In the first and second statements, the common code digit is ‘5’ and the common word is ‘old’. So ‘5’ means ‘old’. In the first and third statements, the common code digit is ‘3’ and the common word is ‘books’. So, ‘3’ means ‘books’.
Thus, in the first statement ‘2’ means ‘are’.
In a certain code language 253 means books are old, 546 means man is o...
Given:
253 means books are old
546 means man is old
378 means buy good books
To find: What stands for 'are' in that code?
Approach:
We need to find a code for 'are' in the given code language. As we can see, 'books' and 'old' are common in the first two codes. To decode the third code, we need to find a common word between the first and third codes or second and third codes.
Solution:
Let's break down the given codes:
253 means books are old.
Here, we can see that 'books' and 'old' are common in the first and third digits respectively. So, we can assume that 2 stands for 'books' and 3 stands for 'old'.
546 means man is old.
Here, we can see that 'old' is common in the first and third digits of the first and second codes respectively. So, we can assume that 5 stands for 'man' and 4 stands for 'is'.
378 means buy good books.
Here, we don't have any common word with the first two codes. So, we cannot decode this code directly.
Therefore, the answer is option 'A' i.e. 2.
Explanation:
In the given code language, 253 means books are old. So, 2 stands for 'books' and 3 stands for 'old'. Therefore, the code for 'are' would be 3.