In a certain code language, ‘SCENT’ is written as ‘WGUFL’ and ‘TRAGEDY’ is written as ‘YHFSAVU’. How will ‘MINIMUM’ be written in that language?

Solution

The pattern followed here is as follows: The letters are coded as their reserve letters - 1 as per the English alphabetical series. And then first half and second half from the left end, are written in reverse order respectively, while middle term is written as it is. For SCENT: S         C         E         N         T G         W        U         L          F W        G         U         F          L So, code for ‘SCENT’ is WGUFL. For TRAGEDY: T          R         A         G         E         D         Y F          H         Y         S         U         V         A Y         H         F          S         A         V         U So, code for ‘TRAGEDY’ is YHFSAVU. For MINIMUM: M         I           N         I           M         U         M M         Q         L          Q         M         E         M L          Q         M         Q         M         E         M So, code for ‘MINIMUM’ is LQMQMEM.