SOLUTION: it is Monday, and Harry,Sammy and Dave are all playing together in the park. if harry comes to the park every 3 days , sammy comes every 4 days , and dave comes every 6 days, on wh

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Question 238458: it is Monday, and Harry,Sammy and Dave are all playing together in the park. if harry comes to the park every 3 days , sammy comes every 4 days , and dave comes every 6 days, on which day of the week will they all meet again ?
a) sunday b) monday c) thursday d) friday E) saturday

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it is Monday, and Harry,Sammy and Dave are all playing together in the park.
if harry comes to the park every 3 days , sammy comes every 4 days ,
and dave comes every 6 days, on which day of the week will they all meet again ?
a) sunday b) monday c) thursday d) friday E) saturday
:
Prime factor these 3 numbers, 2*2*3, = 12 days later which would be Saturday

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