In a code, every letter moves forward one place in the alphabet (A becomes B, B becomes C). What is the code for CAT?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. DBU
- Step 1: C moves to D, A moves to B and T moves to U.
Answer
DBU.
Why not the others: BZS moves each letter back one place, ECV moves two forward, and DBS leaves the last letter T almost unchanged (it should be U).
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