Question

Alice reads fiction books on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and reads non-fiction books on the other days.

Bryce reads fiction books on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and reads non-fiction books on the other days.

Today, they say:
Alice: I will read a fiction book tomorrow.
Bryce: I will be reading a non-fiction book on $4^{th}$ day from today.
What day of the week is it?

• A. Sunday
• B. Thursday
• C. Saturday
• D. Wednesday

Answer 1

The correct option is D Wednesday

Alice will read a fiction book tomorrow. So, today it must be a Wednesday, Thursday, or a Friday.

Bryce will read a non-fiction after a gap of 3 days.
Bryce reads non-fiction on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

So, let's check the possible days using information from Alice's statement.

Day valid for Alice	4th day for Bryce	Is it valid day for Bryce?
Wednesday	Sunday	Yes
Thursday	Monday	No
Friday	Tuesday	No

So, when today is Wednesday, Alice gets to read a fiction on Thursday and Bryce gets to read non-fiction on Sunday.