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If today is Saturday, when did he expect to start his preparations and when did he actually start?

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Jatin has an examination a day after tomorrow. Although he intended to start his preparations five days before the examinations, he could start with it just two days before yesterday. If today is Saturday, when did he expect to start his preparations and when did he actually start?

posted Aug 31, 2015 by Swati Arora

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The examination is on Monday.
He planned to start 5 days earlier = Wednesday
He started 3 days ago = also Wednesday

answer Sep 1, 2015 by Jcm



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