In a certain code language, ‘PANTHER’ is written as ‘0146283’ and ‘ANOTHER’ is written as ‘2864109’. How will ‘O’ be written in that language?

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Step 1: Analyze the given codes for the words 'PANTHER' and 'ANOTHER'.

PANTHER -> 0 1 4 6 2 8 3
ANOTHER -> 2 8 6 4 1 0 9

Step 2: Map each letter to its corresponding digit from the codes:
- P: 0 (from PANTHER)
- A: 1 (from PANTHER), 2 (from ANOTHER) - conflict, so check carefully
- N: 4 (PANTHER), 8 (ANOTHER) - conflict
- T: 6 (PANTHER), 6 (ANOTHER) - consistent
- H: 2 (PANTHER), 4 (ANOTHER) - conflict
- E: 8 (PANTHER), 1 (ANOTHER) - conflict
- R: 3 (PANTHER), 9 (ANOTHER) - conflict

Step 3: Since the letters are the same but digits differ, the code likely assigns digits based on letter positions in the word rather than fixed letter-digit mapping.

Step 4: Check the position of 'O' in 'ANOTHER': O is the 3rd letter.

Step 5: The 3rd digit in 'ANOTHER' code is 6.

Step 6: But the options do not include 6. Check if 'O' appears in 'PANTHER' - no.

Step 7: Check the digit assigned to 'O' in 'ANOTHER' code: 2 8 6 4 1 0 9
Positions: A(1), N(2), O(3), T(4), H(5), E(6), R(7)
So 'O' corresponds to digit 6.

Step 8: But 6 is not in options. Check if the code is positional or letter-based.

Step 9: Another approach: Look for common digits for common letters.
Common letters in both words: A, N, T, H, E, R
Compare digits for these letters:
- A: 1 (PANTHER), 2 (ANOTHER)
- N: 4 (PANTHER), 8 (ANOTHER)
- T: 6 (both)
- H: 2 (PANTHER), 4 (ANOTHER)
- E: 8 (PANTHER), 1 (ANOTHER)
- R: 3 (PANTHER), 9 (ANOTHER)

Step 10: The digits seem swapped between the two words for common letters.

Step 11: 'O' is only in 'ANOTHER' and corresponds to digit 0 (6th digit in 'ANOTHER' is 0, but 6th letter is E).

Step 12: The only letter in 'ANOTHER' that is not in 'PANTHER' is 'O'. The digit corresponding to 'O' is the 3rd digit in 'ANOTHER' code, which is 6.

Step 13: Since 6 is not an option, check if 'O' corresponds to digit 8 (2nd digit in 'ANOTHER') or 9 (7th digit).

Step 14: The only digit not assigned to any letter in 'PANTHER' is 8, which corresponds to 'O' in 'ANOTHER'.

Step 15: Therefore, 'O' is written as '8' in that language.

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