Substitution ciphers are ciphers in which each alphabetical character is mapped with another character in a one-to-one fashion. The following string
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
when encrypted becomes
'fzq kpgwj vxbsa rbh lpniqe bdqx fzq uomy ebt'
Based on the substitution above, your task is to decipher the text below. Once the text is deciphered, the answer shall be obvious.
''rbpxfy fsb''. Acc to BRILLIANT, ans =42. R u kidding me?
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Hi Daniel,
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