document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1206283>Question 1206283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, not sure how to tackle the working out for this question: I take a tablet every 10 days. If I take my first tablet on Monday and have 25 tablets, on what day will I take the last tablet. The answer my teacher gave is a Wednesday. Should I use modular arithmetic to solve, very stuck. Thank you.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #843608 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=843608\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i did it this way.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "building up from 1 tablet to 2 tablets to 3 tablets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "monday = day 1 of the week.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tuesday = day 2 of the week.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sunday = day 7 of the week.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one 10 day period = 10 days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide that by 7 and you get one 7 day period plus 3 days more.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day 3 = wednesday.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that was confirmed to be good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "two 10 day periods = 20 days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide that by 7 and you get two 7 day periods plus 6 days more.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day 6 would be saturday.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that was confirmed to be good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "three 10 day periods = 30 days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide that by 7 and you get four 7 day periods plus 2 days more.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day 2 would be tuesday.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that was confirmed to be good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "four 10 day periods = 40 days.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide that by 7 and you get five 7 day periods plus 5 days more.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day 5 would be friday.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i confirmed with a module calculator that these results are accurate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "extending this to 25 ten day periods, you should get 250 / 7 = 35 seven day periods with 5 days left over.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day 5 would be friday.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "teacher's answer does not appear to be right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the solution looks like it's friday.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here'e the modulo calculator i used.\r<BR>\n" );
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