Question

    In a code language, ‘apple mango banana’ is coded as

    ‘247’. ‘Banana grapes sweet’ is coded as ‘879’ and ‘sweet kiwi mango’ is coded as ‘493’. How can ‘mango kiwi sweet’ be coded in the same coding system? 
    A 749 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 493 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 432 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 324 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ‘apple mango banana’ is coded as ‘247’………. (i) ‘banana grapes sweet’ is coded as ‘879’ ……..(ii) ‘sweet kiwi mango’ is coded as ‘493’……… (iii) From (i) and (iii), code for ‘mango’ is 4. From (i) and (ii), code for ‘sweet’ is 9. Now it is clear that the code for ‘kiwi’ is 3. So, code for ‘mango kiwi sweet’ is ‘493’.

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