2016 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 5
Problem
The War of started with a declaration of war on Thursday, June
,
. The peace treaty to end the war was signed
days later, on December
,
. On what day of the week was the treaty signed?
Solution
To find what day of the week it is in days, we have to divide
by
to see the remainder, and then add the remainder to the current day. We get that
has a remainder of 2, so we increase the current day by
to get
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