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ID: 3743731 • Letter: L
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llowing ciphertext was generated using a mple subs gorithm. 53111305)16 4826)4'.411,804818160 1 8183 (8e)S 46 8896?;) t (485) ,5*12: **(:4956-2(5.-418* 4069285):)618)41i1 (19:48; (88:4 (#234 ; 4834;;161; :188:17; (19,48o81:8:811 48185:414851528806.81 Deeryp his message. Hiits: . As you know, the mos requently occurring leter in English is e. Therefore, the lirsi or second (or perhaps third?)'most common character in the message is likely to stand for c. Also. e is olten seen in pairs (e.g.. meet, fleet, speed, seen. been. agree, .).Try to find a character in the ciphertext that decodes toe. 2 The most common word in English is "the. Use this fact to guess the characters that stand for t and h. 3 Decipher the rest of the message by deducing additional words Warnng: The resulting message is in English but may not make much sense on a first readingExplanation / Answer
As we know the most frequently occorring letter in english is e.
From the message above, the symbols 8, ; , 4 are frequent among other symbols. The most frequent word is the, from this knowledge the symbols t, h will be any of ; , 4 . check the order of the pattern in the messahe. it is observed that ;48 is frequent. so ;48 is the.
Count the remaining symbols and based on the frequency assign the matched english word
the code for the first line of messag is:
the code for the above line is:
the code for the above line is:
the code for the last line of the message is:
If we seperate the word by giving spaces, then the decrypted message will be shown.
a good glass in the bishops hostel in the devils seat twentyone degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb eastside shoot from the left eye of the deaths head a beeline from the tree through the shot fifty feet out.
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