Divit's birthday is on Friday 30th June. On what day of the week will be Samar's Birthday in the same year if Samar was …
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Divit's birthday is on Friday 30th June. On what day of the week will be Samar's Birthday in the same year if Samar was born on 15th November?
✓ Correct answer: c) Wednesday
ExplanationDays left in June = 30 – 30 = 0 Days in November to count = 15 Thus, total number of days from Divit's birthday to Samar’s birthday = 31 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 15 = 138 Thus, number of odd days = 138 | 7 = 5 ...........(applying Modulo function which gives the remainder of the division.This is used here to separate the number of odd days from the number of weeks.) As Divit's birthday is on Friday, Samar’s birthday will on Friday + 5 days = Wednesday.Hence, Wednesday is the correct answer.
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