Question 1
Paper 1Hard6 marksA field station sends four-letter locker identifiers using a linear code. The letters A to Z are represented by the integers 1 to 26, respectively. Each successive pair of letters is written as a column vector and is encoded as
The transmitted pairs, in order, are
The same encoding matrix was used for both pairs. It was one of
(a)[2]
Show that
(b)[4]
Determine which matrix was used and hence decode the locker identifier. Justify your answer.