CHEN2610 – Transport I (Fluid Mechanics)
Chemical Engineering Department
T.D. Placek
Summer 2012
PS 2
Auburn University
Problem Solving 2
During the recent cipher convention, a binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary
code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the
alphabet.
Can you find 10 girl's names?
A
F
K
P
U
Z
=
=
=
=
=
=
1
110
1011
10000
10101
11010
B
G
L
Q
V
=
=
=
=
=
10
111
1100
10001
10110
C
H
M
R
W
=
=
=
=
=
11
1000
1101
10010
10111
D
I
N
S
X
=
=
=
=
=
100
1001
1110
10011
11000
E
J
O
T
Y
=
=
=
=
=
101
1010
1111
10100
11001
1100111000110010111001
100011110111011000
1100110101100101011110
111010011111111100101
11101111101001
1001011110001011100
101011111001010011110
1101011001001010111001
1001111110100100101
1001011110100110011101
Note: ABC would be 11011, that is A = 1, B = 10, C = 11.
and PLACEK would be 1000011001111011011 or (10000)(1100)(1)(11)(101)(1011)
What was the most important observation that helped you solve the problem?
Please provide ALL your worksheets !!