John calls his parents every three days. The first call was made on Sunday, the second call on the Wednesday, the third call on Saturday, and so on. On what day of the week did John call his parents for the hundredth time?
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Let us number the Sunday John first called his parent as day 1 or d ( 1 ) = 1 . Then the number of days has lapsed when John made the n th call is d ( n ) = 3 ( n − 1 ) + 1 . Implying that d ( 1 0 0 ) = 2 9 8 . To check which weekday was d ( 1 0 0 ) , we find the remainder when it is divided by 7. d ( 1 0 0 ) m o d 7 = 2 9 8 m o d 7 = 4 . Since day 1 was Sunday, day 4 was Wednesday .