If DRIVER = 12, PEDESTRIAN = 20, ACCIDENT = 16, then CAR = ?

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Accepted Answer

To determine why Option 2 (which is 6) is the correct answer for the question, we need to identify the pattern or rule that relates the words to their corresponding numbers.

### Explanation for Option 2:

1. **Pattern Recognition:**
   - Let's analyze the given examples:
     - DRIVER = 12
     - PEDESTRIAN = 20
     - ACCIDENT = 16

- One possible pattern is to count the number of letters in each word and multiply by a specific factor to get the corresponding number.
     - DRIVER has 6 letters. If we multiply 6 by 2, we get 12.
     - PEDESTRIAN has 10 letters. If we multiply 10 by 2, we get 20.
     - ACCIDENT has 8 letters. If we multiply 8 by 2, we get 16.

- From this pattern, it appears that the number associated with each word is twice the number of letters in the word.

2. **Applying the Pattern to CAR:**
   - CAR has 3 letters.
   - Following the identified pattern, multiply the number of letters by 2: $3 \times 2 = 6$.

Therefore, according to the pattern, CAR corresponds to 6, which is Option 2.

### Explanation for Why Other Options are Incorrect:

1. **Option 1 (3):**
   - If we were to follow the pattern of multiplying the number of letters by 2, CAR would not correspond to 3. The calculation $3 \times 2$ results in 6, not 3. Therefore, Option 1 is incorrect.

2. **Option 3 (8):**
   - Using the same pattern, multiplying the number of letters in CAR (which is 3) by 2 gives us 6, not 8. Hence, Option 3 is incorrect.

3. **Option 4 (16):**
   - Similarly, multiplying the number of letters in CAR by 2 results in 6, not 16. Thus, Option 4 is incorrect.

In conclusion, based on the pattern of multiplying the number of letters in each word by 2, the correct answer for CAR is 6, which corresponds to Option 2.