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Question
If the letters in the English alphabets A to M represent the number from 1 to 13 respectively and N represents 0 and the letters O to Z correspond from −1 to −12, find the sum of integers for the names given below.
For example,
MATH → Sum → 13 + 1 – 6 + 8 = 16
SUCCESS
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Solution

SUCCESS → (−5) + (−7) + 3 + 3 + 5 + (−5) + (−5)
= −12 + 6 + 5 + (−10)
= −6 + 5 + (−10)
= (−1) + (−10)
= −11
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