2016 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 4
Problem
Zoey read books, one at a time. The first book took her day to read, the second book took her days to read, the third book took her days to read, and so on, with each book taking her more day to read than the previous book. Zoey finished the first book on a Monday, and the second on a Wednesday. On what day the week did she finish her th book?
Solution 1
The process took days, so the last day was days after the first day. Since is divisible by , both must have been the same day of the week, so the answer is .
Solution 2
Similar to solution 1, the process took 120 days. . Since Zoey finished the first book on Monday and the second book (after three days) on Wednesday, we conclude that the modulus must correspond to the day (e.g., corresponds to Monday, corresponds to Thursday, corresponds to Sunday, etc.). The solution is therefore .
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