Study the information given below and answer the question that follows.…

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Study the information given below and answer the question that follows.

  1. Arnold's fitness schedule consists of cycling, rowing, gymnasium, jogging and boxing from Monday to Saturday; each workout is done on one day, with one day kept as a rest day.

  2. The gymnasium workout is not done on the first day or the last day, but it is done earlier than rowing.

  3. Jogging is done on the day immediately following the rowing day.

  4. Cycling is done on the day immediately before the rest day.

  5. There is a two-day gap between jogging and boxing.

  6. Boxing is done on the day immediately following the rest day.

Which of the following is the rest day?

  1. A.

    Wednesday

  2. B.

    Tuesday

  3. C.

    Friday

  4. D.

    Thursday

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Correct answer: B

In day-based scheduling puzzles, first chain together the clues that describe relative order ("immediately before/after") into one fixed block of consecutive days; only then apply a numeric gap constraint to anchor that block to specific days of the week.

  1. From clue (iv), cycling is immediately before the rest day, and from clue (vi), boxing is immediately after the rest day, so these three activities occupy three consecutive days in the order Cycling → Rest → Boxing.

  2. From clue (iii), jogging is on the day immediately after rowing, giving a second fixed pair: Rowing → Jogging.

  3. Place the Cycling–Rest–Boxing block at the start of the week: Cycling on Monday, Rest on Tuesday, Boxing on Wednesday (day 3).

  4. From clue (v), there is a two-day gap between jogging and boxing, so their day numbers differ by 3. Since boxing is day 3, jogging is day 3 − 3 = day 0 (no such day) or day 3 + 3 = day 6, i.e., Saturday.

  5. From the Rowing → Jogging pair, rowing falls on the day just before jogging, i.e., Friday (day 5).

  6. The one day not yet assigned, Thursday (day 4), must hold gymnasium.

  7. Check clue (ii): gymnasium (Thursday) is neither the first day (Monday) nor the last day (Saturday), and it comes before rowing (Friday) — the condition holds, so this placement is consistent with every clue.

Cross-check by testing the other three possible positions of the Cycling–Rest–Boxing block — each one breaks a clue:

  • Rest on Wednesday → cycling Tuesday, boxing Thursday → jogging is forced to Monday → there is no valid day left before Monday for rowing to immediately precede it.

  • Rest on Thursday → cycling Wednesday, boxing Friday → jogging falls on Tuesday, rowing on Monday → only Saturday is left for gymnasium, but gymnasium cannot be on the last day.

  • Rest on Friday → cycling Thursday, boxing Saturday → jogging falls on Wednesday, rowing on Tuesday → only Monday is left for gymnasium, but gymnasium cannot be on the first day.

So Tuesday is the only rest day consistent with all six clues.

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