As a prank, Mel pulls off the "E" and "|" keys from her sister's laptop and puts each one in the other's place. Her sister doesn't notice the switched keys because she knows how to type without looking at the keyboard. When her sister later types what she thinks is the word

Question

"ice," what will appear on the screen?

Answer 1

To determine what will appear on the screen when Mel's sister types "ice" after the keys have been swapped, let's first look at the keyboard layout for the relevant keys:

• The "i" key remains unchanged and will still produce "i".
• The "c" key also remains unchanged and will still produce "c".
• The "e" key, originally pressed for the letter "e", has been switched with the "|" key (the pipe symbol).

So, when her sister types "ice", it will produce:

• "i" from the "i" key
• "c" from the "c" key
• "|" from the swapped "e" key.

Thus, "ice" will appear as "ic|".