Question

If PURCHASE is coded as 73429186 and ORDER is coded as 54064, then which word is coded as 7452660?

• A. PROCESS
• B. PROCEED
• C. PROGRAM
• D. PROCURE

Hint:

Whenever a coding problem provides two coded words, first create a letter-to-digit table. This makes decoding much faster and more reliable.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Concept: In coding-decoding questions of this type, each letter is assigned a fixed numerical digit. We first extract the code corresponding to each letter from the given examples and then decode the required number.

Step 1: Analyze the word PURCHASE. \[ PURCHASE \rightarrow 73429186 \] Therefore, \[ P=7,\quad U=3,\quad R=4,\quad C=2, \] \[ H=9,\quad A=1,\quad S=8,\quad E=6 \]

Step 2: Verify using ORDER. \[ ORDER \rightarrow 54064 \] Hence, \[ O=5,\quad R=4,\quad D=0,\quad E=6 \] which agrees with the previous assignments.

Step 3: Decode the given number 7452660. Digit by digit: \[ 7=P \] \[ 4=R \] \[ 5=O \] \[ 2=C \] \[ 6=E \] \[ 6=E \] \[ 0=D \] Thus, \[ 7452660 \rightarrow PROCEED \]

Step 4: Select the matching option. Hence the coded word is \[ \boxed{\text{PROCEED}} \]