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by arifaisal » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:39 pm
It comes in the analytical section of GRE...i just want to clear out my confusion...
If Kevin works only on monday and Richard works 2 days after kevin's work, which day it is?? is it wednesday or thursday...some say 2 days after mean monday,tuesday(2 days) so its wednesday...some say tuesday,wednesday(2 days) so its thursday...explain to guys

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by sk8legend408 » Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:16 am
If you break it down into mathematical terms two days is 48 hours. 48 hours after Kevin's shift, which is on a Monday, it will be Wednesday.

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by XLogic » Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:59 am
arifaisal wrote:It comes in the analytical section of GRE...i just want to clear out my confusion...
If Kevin works only on monday and Richard works 2 days after kevin's work, which day it is?? is it wednesday or thursday...some say 2 days after mean monday,tuesday(2 days) so its wednesday...some say tuesday,wednesday(2 days) so its thursday...explain to guys
Your may be confusing "Y is 2 days after X" with "2 days between X and Y"

What day is two days after Monday?
> Monday [1][X] = Monday [Tuesday] [Wednesday]

X is after Monday and there are 2 days between Monday and X, What is X?
> Monday [1][2][X] = Monday [Tuesday][Wednesday][Thursday]
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