How many days before 17th August is it, if...
...50 days ago, it was four times as many days since March 30th?
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Hint
How many days separate the two dates?
Answer
18 days.
The second date (Date2) occurs 140 days after the first date (Date1).
If we temporarily ignore the 50 day gap, we therefore have 90 days to split in the ratio 4:1, which is 72:18.
So we have Date1 -> 72 days -> 50 days -> 18 days -> Date2.
18 days before Date2 is 30th July.
