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== Solution ==
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 04:10, 13 January 2019

Problem

Double Encryption 

(a) Find a substitution code on the seven letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G that has the property that if you apply it twice in a row (that is, encrypt the encryption), the message ABCDEFG becomes ECBFAGD. Describe your answer by giving the message that results when encryption is applied once to the message ABCDEFG. (b) Find another such code, if there is one.

Solution

(a) BEAGCDF

(b) CAEGBDF

See also

2017 UNCO Math Contest II (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 4
Followed by
Problem 6
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