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Cryptography question Please provide step and I will like the answer if it is correct! Thank you very much! 1.4. Each of the following messages

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1.4. Each of the following messages has been encrypted using a simple substitution cipher. Decrypt them. For your convenience, we have given you a frequency table and a list of the most common bigrams that appear in the ciphertext. (If you do not want to recopy the ciphertexts by hand, they can be downloaded or printed from the web site listed in the preface.) (a) "A Piratical Treasure" JNRZR BNIGI BJRGZ IZLQR OTDNJ GRIHT USDKR ZZWLG OIBTM NRGJN IJTZJ LZISJ NRSBL QVRSI ORIQT QDEKJ JNRQW GLOFN IJTZX QLFQL WBIMJ ITQXT HHTBL KUHQL JZKMM LZRNT OBIMI EURLW BLQZJ GKBJT QDIQS LWJNR OLGRI EZJGK ZRBGS MJLDG IMNZT OIHRK MOSOT QHIJL QBRJN IJJNT ZFIZL WIZTO MURZM RBTRZ ZKBNN LFRVR GIZFL KUHIM MRIGJ LJNRB GKHRT QJRUU RBJLW JNRZI TULGI EZLUK JRUST QZLUK EURFT JNLKJ JNRXR S The ciphertext contains 316 letters. Here is a frequency table: R JIL Z TNQ BG KUMO SHWFEDX V Freq 33 30 27 25 24 20 19 16 15 15 13 12 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 3 2 The most frequent bigrams are: JN (11 times), NR (8 times), TQ (6 times), and LW, RB, RZ, and JL (5 times each)

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