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Since <math>119</math> is divisible by <math>7</math>, both must have been the same day of the week, so the answer is <math>\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Monday}</math>.
 
Since <math>119</math> is divisible by <math>7</math>, both must have been the same day of the week, so the answer is <math>\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Monday}</math>.
  
 
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==Video Solution==
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Revision as of 15:34, 30 April 2021

Problem

Zoey read $15$ books, one at a time. The first book took her $1$ day to read, the second book took her $2$ days to read, the third book took her $3$ days to read, and so on, with each book taking her $1$ 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 $15$th book?

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{Sunday}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Monday}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{Wednesday}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Friday}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Saturday}$

Solution

The process took $1+2+3+\ldots+13+14+15=120$ days, so the last day was $119$ days after the first day. Since $119$ is divisible by $7$, both must have been the same day of the week, so the answer is $\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Monday}$.

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/8_xEaEIJZ24

~savannahsolver

See Also

2016 AMC 10B (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 3
Followed by
Problem 5
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