This is one of my favourite puzzles...
My true love came to me and said she's a bit hard up this year from being on the bench. Instead of giving me gifts over 12 days, she would give one gift per day. Thus:
Day 1 (Boxing Day) a partridge in a pear tree.
as per usual. Then:
Day 2 a turtle dove
Day 3 the other turtle dove
Day 4 another partridge in a pear tree
which I would have had on the 2nd day. This is followed by:
Day 5 The first of three French Hens
and so on.
Since she intends to start doing this on December 26th this year, on what date will I receive the final gift?
First to answer gets some bananananas and a sack of kudos.
My true love came to me and said she's a bit hard up this year from being on the bench. Instead of giving me gifts over 12 days, she would give one gift per day. Thus:
Day 1 (Boxing Day) a partridge in a pear tree.
as per usual. Then:
Day 2 a turtle dove
Day 3 the other turtle dove
Day 4 another partridge in a pear tree
which I would have had on the 2nd day. This is followed by:
Day 5 The first of three French Hens
and so on.
Since she intends to start doing this on December 26th this year, on what date will I receive the final gift?
First to answer gets some bananananas and a sack of kudos.
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