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Inge and Finn — Which Day Is the Third Meeting?

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Inge and Finn first meet on a Tuesday. Eight days later they meet again. Four days after that they meet a third time. Which day of the week is that third meeting? This is the simplest form of day-counting arithmetic: start on a known day, add one number, add another, and read off the result.

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0:00Introduction
0:20The Question
0:54Strategy
1:24Step 1: Hop 1 — Tuesday + 8 days
1:57Step 2: Hop 2 — Wednesday + 4 days → Answer
2:41Correct answer

Question

Inge and Finn first met on a Tuesday.

They met again 8 days later.

They then met for the third time 4 days later.

On which day did Inge and Finn meet for the third time?

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