Company Z has 53 employees. If the number of employees having birthdays on Wednesday is more than the number of employees having birthdays on any other day of the week, each of which have same number of birth-days, what is the minimum number of employees having birthdays on Wednesday.
Choose the correct choice from the following
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 11 E) 12
Say the number of people having birthdays on Wednesday is x and the number of people having birthdays on each of the other 6 days is y. then x + 6y = 53.   Now, plug options for x. D x &gt; y as needed.   Answer: 11.
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Company Z has 53 employees. If the number of employees having birthdays on Wednesday is more than the number of employees having birthdays on any other day of the week, each of which have same number of birth-days, what is the minimum number of employees having birthdays on Wednesday.