Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
How can Agent X transmit data on a faulty line and be sure that her message will get through?
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
Here are a few examples: If we are dealt 3S, 5S, 3D, 4C, 9H:
Place 3S down first (to indicate that the secret card is a spade), then 3D, 9H, 4C (low, high, middle) to indicate that the secret card is 2 more than the 3S, i.e. the 5S.
If we are dealt 3S, 9S, 3D, 4C, 9H:
Place 3S down first (to indicate that the secret card is a spade), then 9H, 4C, 3D (high, middle, low) to indicate that the secret card is 6 more than the 3S, i.e. the 9S.
If we are dealt 3S, 10S, 3D, 4C, 9H:
Place 10S down first (to indicate that the secret card is a spade), then 9H, 4C, 3D (high, middle, low) to indicate that the secret card is 6 more than the 10S, i.e. the 3S.
If we are dealt 2H, JH, 4D, 4C, 4S:
Place JH down first (to indicate that the secret card is a heart), then 4D, 4S, 4C (middle, high, low) to indicate that the secret card is 4 more than the JH, i.e.the 2H.