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In a certain code, each letter of a word is replaced by the letter that comes 3 places after it in the alphabet, and then the order of the letters of the resulting word is reversed. How will the word PROFIT be written in this code?

Shifting each letter of PROFIT forward by three gives SURILW, and reversing that gives WLIRUS. Verify each step carefully before selecting an option.

  1. AWLIUSRCorrect
  2. BWLIURS
  3. CVLIUSR
  4. DRSUILW

Explanation

Shifting each letter by +3: P→S, R→U, O→R, F→I, I→L, T→W, giving SURILW. Reversing gives WLIRUS. Check: reversed order of S,U,R,I,L,W is W,L,I,R,U,S. So the answer is WLIRUS, which is not listed as written; recompute against the options.

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