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Cadmium
Heavy Metal
PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 7:17 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote
Someone told me this riddle and I just can't figure it out. Maybe one of you guys can. I hope so.

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?

The answer is not tomorrow .

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planet_buzz
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 7:19 pm    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote
my guess would be that this day is wednesday, this the day after today is thursday.
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Rollercoaster
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 8:57 pm    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote
I agree. I'm getting Thursday also.
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Mentat
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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2002 1:04 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote
I get Tuesday, but then I don't know what day today is!
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Mentat
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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2002 1:06 am    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote
I give in, I now get Friday. Obviously someone needs to explain it!
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CzarJ
Hot babe
PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2002 1:09 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote
Weird, I'm getting Friday too...

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cha
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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2002 2:12 am    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote
Do it on a number line. Today is 0. When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, you will be on +3. When the day before yesterday was tomorrow falls on -3. These two days are equally far from Wednesday, which must therefore be 0 (today). The next day is Thursday.
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Cadmium
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 12:42 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote
Hey, you're right, thnx.

I've got some easier ones too:

1) Today's Wednesday. What day is it four days after yesterday?
2) The day before yesterday was three days before Friday. What day is it today?
3) The day after tomorrow is the third day after Monday. What day was it the day before yesterday?
4) Tomorrow there are four days left untill Sunday. What day is it the day after tomorrow?
5) Yesterday, there were five days left untill Sunday. What day is it tomorrow?
6) The day before the day before yesterday, is three days after Saturday. What day is it today?

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Ctorj
Did I spell that right?
PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 1:16 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote
1) Saturday
2) Thursday
3) Sunday
4) Thursday
5) Wednesday
6) Friday

I'm probably wrong on one of these...
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Cadmium
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 1:29 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote
Number 5 is wrong. It's quite easy to make a mistake with counting here. I should know .

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[This message has been edited by Cadmium (edited 05-04-2002 09:31 AM).]
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groza528
No Place Like Home
PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 2:12 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote
5) TODAY is Wednesday, but the problem asks about TOMORROW which is Thursday, nuless I miscounted as well.
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Ctorj
Did I spell that right?
PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 2:50 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote
thanx for the correction Cadmium. Th correct answer:
5) Thursday
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Cadmium
Heavy Metal
PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 2:57 pm    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote
Correct!!

Here are some more:

07) In one week, the day after tomorrow is two days before Tuesday. What day was it the day before yesterday?
08) The day before yesterday, it was three days before Tuesday. What day is it after the day after tomorrow?
09) The day after the day after tomorrow is five days before five days before Friday. What day is it today?
10) Two days before the day before yesterday, it was Tuesday. What day is it the day after tomorrow?
11) If three days before yesterday it's Wednesday, what day is it tomorrow?
12) The day after tomorrow, it's five days before Friday. What day was it yesterday?
13) What day was the day before yesterday, if the day after the day after tomorrow is two days before Saturday?

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kartelite
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 4:48 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote
how do you do invisible?

7 Wed
8 Wed
9 Sat
10 Mon
11 Mon
12 Thu
13 Sun

When two days after Sunday will be a week before the day before yesterday, what day will be 3 days before the day this week that is between the day after tomorrow and a week from this coming Sunday?

[This message has been edited by kartelite (edited 05-04-2002 12:59 PM).]
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Cadmium
Heavy Metal
PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 4:57 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote
Kartelite, number 8 should be different! You can make text invisible by using the {invisible} {/invisible} tags. Use [] instead of {}.

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kartelite
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 5:00 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote
should it really be different? first of all, isn't today monday?
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Cadmium
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 5:07 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote
Yep, today's Monday. Thus the day after the day after tomorrow is Thursday .

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kartelite
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 5:17 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote
of course it is . to me "What day is it after the day after tomorrow?" somehow registered "What day is it the day after tomorrow?"

Maybe "What day is it the day after the day after tomorrow?" would've made me get it...ah oh well.
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