Question

3 In Bankland the banks are closed on two successive days, but not on Saturday and Sunday. You

can deposit cheques with the cashier or, when the banks are closed, at the box outside the bank.
Cheque processing always starts on the first working day after the cheque is deposited. The bank
always processes it within the same number of working days.
When you deposit a cheque on Monday the bank will then process the cheque and the money
will be available on Sunday. When you deposit a cheque on Wednesday the money will be
available on Monday. When you deposit a cheque on Friday the money will be available on
Tuesday.
The weekend falls on:
A Monday and Tuesday.
B Tuesday and Wednesday.
C Wednesday and Thursday.
D Thursday and Friday.
E Friday and Saturday.

Answer 1

The weekend in Bankland falls on Thursday and Friday, as concluded from analyzing the given cheque processing information.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question is about determining which days of the week constitute the weekend in Bankland based on given information about cheque processing times.

When a cheque is deposited on Monday, the money is available on Sunday, indicating that the bank processes the cheque in five working days. If a cheque is deposited on Wednesday, the money is available on Monday, which means the bank takes three working days to process it. Lastly, when a cheque is Friday, the money is available on Tuesday, suggesting it takes four working days to process.

Based on the provided information, we can deduce that the banks are closed for two successive days. Considering that Saturday and Sunday are not the closing days, and by comparing the mentioned deposit and availability dates, it's clear that the bank's closed days must be Thursday and Friday (Option D). Depositing on Friday means the cheque will only start processing on the coming Monday, taking four working days, which means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are working days, and the cheque becomes available on the next day, which is Tuesday.