Jason sent an email to his mother, "ur never going 2 believe this. that prof gave me no credit for my paper. i h8 him." (with emoticons included). when his mother got the e-mail, it took her quite some time to decipher the message. jason should have considered his audience when he the message.
a. decoded
b. validated
c. received
d. encoded

d. encoded

Explanation:

Based on the information provided it can be said that Jason should have considered who his audience was when he encoded the message. Encoding a message refers to converting the regular text into a cryptic or coded form that only specific people would be able to decode or understand. Which in this scenario his "text slang" would mostly be understood by people who use the same encoding as him, but not his mother.