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Secret Code
This is really simple; even I could solve it! It is somewhat tedious though.
This is a message written in a secret code. Each number stands for a particular letter of the alphabet. The clue is a list of words with their numerical values. This means that the numercial equivalents of the letters add up to the number. As an example, FLIGHT = 82, which means the numerical equivalents of F, L, I, G, H, and T add up to 82. The numerical equivalents of three letters are given: E = 2, R = 20, and T = 12. You have to find the numerical equivalents of the remaining 23 letters and decipher the message.
Following is the list of words:
AGE = 18
ALPHA = 55
CONE = 48
DRUG = 78
EATER = 43
EUREKA = 73
FLIGHT = 82
GHEE = 37
HERTZ = 77
INVAR = 80
JOULE = 57
LIGHT = 61
MOON = 39
NOVA = 51
PUN = 65
QUARK = 77
TONGUE = 78
TURBINE = 109
TWO = 17
WORK = 41
XRAY = 42
YARD = 60
ZERO = 45.
This is the message that has to be decoded (The hyphens have been added just to distinguish between the numbers that make up a word):
7 18-6-7-3-3 11-4-10 18-1-7-3-3-4-1-2-23
18-4-6-2 17-4-13-25-18 7-25-23 1-7-18 12-7-16-2-25
12-4 7 24-4-18-14-13-12-7-3. 1-24-2-25
24-13-18 9-20-7-25-23-6-4-12-24-2-20 12-2-3-2-14-24-4-25-2-23
12-4 7-18-16 24-4-1 24-2 1-7-18, 7 25-26-20-18-2 18-7-13-23,
"25-4 17-24-7-25-9-2 10-2-12."
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- Union Public Service Commission - www.upsc.gov.in
- IIT-Kharagpur - www.iitkgp.ac.in
- Indian Statistical Institute - www.isical.ac.in
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras - www.iitm.ac.in
- Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - www.iimahd.ernet.in
- Indian Institute of Mass Commission - www.iimc.nic.in
- IIT Bombay - www.iitb.ac.in
- Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad - www.ismdhanbad.ac.in
- Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi - www.bitmesra.ac.in
- Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training - www.cifnet.nic.in
- Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (Deemed University) - www.iiita.ac.in
- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi - www.cmfri.com
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - www.tiss.edu