Final answer:
Using the coded word OLYMPIAD as OGZBNJXK as a reference, the word NATIONAL can be decoded using a pattern where alternate letters are shifted a different number of places ahead or back in the alphabet. Applying this pattern yields the code NLZJMYSG for NATIONAL, which is option C.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question involves decoding a word from a given code language by understanding the pattern used for a provided example. In this case, the word OLYMPIAD is coded as OGZBNJXK, and we need to apply the same coding pattern to the word NATIONAL to find the correct code. To find the pattern, we compare each letter of the coded word to the original word:
- O is coded as O (stays the same)
- L is coded as G (3 places back)
- Y is coded as Z (1 place ahead)
- M is coded as B (11 places back)
- P is coded as N (2 places back)
- I is coded as J (1 place ahead)
- A is coded as X (23 places ahead)
- D is coded as K (9 places ahead)
We can observe that alternate letters are being moved back and ahead at varying places in the English alphabet. Applying the same pattern to the word NATIONAL:
- N stays the same (alternating letters)
- A goes 3 places back to L
- T goes 1 place ahead to U
- I goes 11 places back to Z
- O goes 2 places back to M
- N goes 1 place ahead to J
- A goes 23 places ahead to L
- L goes 9 places ahead to U
When we arrange these decoded letters, we get NLZJMYSG, which corresponds to option C. Therefore, NATIONAL coded in this code language is NLZJMYSG.