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PUZZLE MIND WORKOUT-11

PUZZLE MIND WORKOUT-11 Hai guys, Question for this Sunday is: A CALENDAR PUZZLE If the end of the world should come on the first day of a new  century, can you say what are the chances that it will happen  on a Sunday? ANSWER FOR LAST SUNDAY QUESTION IS; SOLUTION:THE THREE CLOCKS As a mere arithmetical problem this question presents no difficulty.  In order that the hands shall all point to twelve o’clock at the same time, it is necessary that B shall gain at least twelve hours and that C shall lose twelve hours. As B gains a minute in a day of twenty-four hours, and C loses a minute in precisely the same time, it is evident that one will have gained 720 minutes (just twelve hours) in 720 days, and the other will have lost 720 minutes in 720 days. Clock A keeping perfect time, all three clocks must indicate twelve o’clock simultaneously at noon on the 720th day from April 1, 1898. What day of the month will that be? I publish...