A letter was handed over to a rural post office clerk in the afternoon of a weekday. Next day he stamped and put it in the bag for head post office. The clerk at head post office received it next day evening. The clerk at head post office dispatched it for destination city same day, i.e., Friday. Which day the letter was received by the rural post office clerk?
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Given :- A letter was handed over to a rural post office clerk in the afternoon of a weekday. Next day he stamped and put it in the bag for head post office. The clerk at head post office received it next day evening. The clerk at head post office dispatched it for destination city same day, i.e., Friday. Which day the letter was received by the rural post office clerk ?
Solution :-
In order to solve the problem lets start from back.
given that,
→ The clerk at head post office dispatched it for destination city same day = Friday.
now, The clerk at head post office received it next day evening .
That means ,
→ The clerk received the letter on = Friday evening .
and it was next day of clerk at rural post office bag for head office .
So, we conclude that,
→ clerk at rural post office bag for head office on = Friday - 1 = Thursday.
Now, since the clerk got the letter in afternoon he stamp next day and bag for head office.
Therefore,
→ The letter was received by the rural post office clerk on = Thursday - 1 = wednesday afternoon (Ans.)