In a certain coding language, 'Ot fao sa ty' means 'Hot food is tasty', 'ty fao sa digo' means 'tasty food is good', and 'tubo sa digo' means 'mushroom is good'. Which of the following means 'hot' and 'mushroom', respectively, in that language?
ATubo and ty
BRa and sa
COt and tubo ✓ Correct
DFao and ty
Correct answer: (C) Ot and tubo
Explanation
'hot' is Ot and 'mushroom' is tubo.
Statement 1 and Statement 2 share the words food, is, tasty and the codes fao, sa, ty.
So Ot, the extra code in the first, must mean hot.
Statement 2 and Statement 3 share is, good with codes sa, digo, giving digo = good.
In 'tubo sa digo' = mushroom is good, tubo is left over, so tubo = mushroom.
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