Sheila and He-Man are twins; Sheila is the OLDER twin. Assume they were born immediately after each other, an infinitesimally small - but nonzero - amount of time apart. During one year in the course of their lives, Sheila celebrates her birthday two days AFTER He-Man does. How is this possible?

June 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Placements, Puzzles

Sheila and He-Man are twins; Sheila is the OLDER twin. Assume they were born immediately
after each other, an infinitesimally small - but nonzero - amount of time apart. During
one year in the course of their lives, Sheila celebrates her birthday two days AFTER
He-Man does. How is this possible?

Bonus: What is the maximum amount of time by which Sheila and He-Man can be
apart in their birthday celebrations during the same year? I think it’s
more than two days.

Ans.

Sheila is born March 1st on the left side
of the international date line, moments later while He-Man was comming
out they crossed the line and he was born Feb 28th. So on leap years
He-Man celebrates his birthday on feb 28th,(two days before Sheila does
on March 1st)

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