Question

Ranjeet had a habit of spending money according to dates. So if the
date is 19, he would spend 19 rupees; if the date is 15, he would spend
15 rupees, and so on. One night he calculated the total spending of five
consecutive days-Monday to Friday—and found that he had spent
rupees 61 in five days. Can you identify the dates and months?
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Just as a guess, I tried:

+10+%2B+11+%2B+12+%2B+13+%2B+14+=+60+

This leads me to the conclusion that the

dates cannot be successive, in other words,

in numerical order.

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I will try:

+30+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+%2B+4+=+40+ too low

+29+%2B+30+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+=+65+ too high

+27+%2B+28+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+=+61+ OK

The dates are:

Feb 27

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 3

Answer 2

Answer:

+10+%2B+11+%2B+12+%2B+13+%2B+14+=+60+

This leads me to the conclusion that the

dates cannot be successive, in other words,

in numerical order.

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I will try:

+30+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+%2B+4+=+40+ too low

+29+%2B+30+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+=+65+ too high

+27+%2B+28+%2B+1+%2B+2+%2B+3+=+61+ OK

The dates are:

Feb 27

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 3