document.write( "Question 1200036: Ron wears a clean shirt every day. He drops off his laundry every Monday and Friday at 5pm, and picks up his clean shirts at the same times. What is the least number of shirts Ron needs to keep him going? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Each Monday at 5pm,\r\n" );
document.write( "1. he drops off 3 dirty shirts that he wore F, Sa, & Su.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. he picks up 4 clean shirts that he will wear Tu, W, Th, & F.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You might ask, \"Where is the shirt for Monday?\" Answer: He's wearing it!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each Friday at 5pm,\r\n" );
document.write( "1. he drops off 4 dirty shirts that he wore M, Tu, W, & Th.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. he picks up 3 clean shirts that he will wear Sa, Su, & M.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You might ask, \"Where is the shirt for Friday?\" Answer: He's wearing it!\r\n" );
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document.write( "One might think that 7 shirts would be enough for 7 days.  However, think\r\n" );
document.write( "about the shirt he is wearing while he is dropping off and picking up.\r\n" );
document.write( "That shirt is going to be dirty until the next drop-off-pick-up day. \r\n" );
document.write( "So the shirt he is wearing while he is dropping off and picking up --\r\n" );
document.write( "is never part of the 7 shirts total he is picking up and dropping off. \r\n" );
document.write( "So he needs 1 additional shirt, for there are 8 shirts present at 5pm\r\n" );
document.write( "every Monday and Friday, counting the ones he is dropping off, the ones\r\n" );
document.write( "he's picking up, and the one he is wearing.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: He needs 8 shirts.\r\n" );
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