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Every Monday, Marina eats one croissant and every Tuesday

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by AAPL » Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:42 am
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Every Monday, Marina eats one croissant and every Tuesday she eats two croissants. On each subsequent day of the week, she eats a number of croissants equal to the sum of the croissants eaten on the two previous days, with the exception that if she eats more than four croissants on any particular day, the next day she will eat only one croissant. At the end of the week (which runs from Monday through Sunday), the cycles reset, and Maria goes back to eating one croissant on Monday, two on Tuesday, and so forth. If a particular month begins on a Wednesday, how many croissants will Marina eat on the 22nd of that month?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

OA C
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by swerve » Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:24 am
AAPL wrote:Manhattan Prep

Every Monday, Marina eats one croissant and every Tuesday she eats two croissants. On each subsequent day of the week, she eats a number of croissants equal to the sum of the croissants eaten on the two previous days, with the exception that if she eats more than four croissants on any particular day, the next day she will eat only one croissant. At the end of the week (which runs from Monday through Sunday), the cycles reset, and Maria goes back to eating one croissant on Monday, two on Tuesday, and so forth. If a particular month begins on a Wednesday, how many croissants will Marina eat on the 22nd of that month?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

OA C
She eats as follow
Mon - 1
Tue - 2
Wed - 3
Thu - 5
Fri - 1(since she had more than 4 previous day)
sat - 6
Sunday - 1 (since she had more than 4 previous day)

so 22nd day of the month she will have 3.

Therefore, C is the correct answer.
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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:51 pm
AAPL wrote:Manhattan Prep

Every Monday, Marina eats one croissant and every Tuesday she eats two croissants. On each subsequent day of the week, she eats a number of croissants equal to the sum of the croissants eaten on the two previous days, with the exception that if she eats more than four croissants on any particular day, the next day she will eat only one croissant. At the end of the week (which runs from Monday through Sunday), the cycles reset, and Maria goes back to eating one croissant on Monday, two on Tuesday, and so forth. If a particular month begins on a Wednesday, how many croissants will Marina eat on the 22nd of that month?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

OA C
If the 1st of the month is a Wednesday, then the 6th of the month is a Monday and so are the 13th and 20th of the month. So, on the 20th, Marina eats 1 croissant; on the 21st, she eats 2 croissants, and on the 22nd, she eats 1 + 2 = 3 croissants.

Answer: C

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