The heart and the arrow are in the positions shown in the figure.
At the same time the heart and the arrow start moving. The arrow moves three places clockwise and then stops and the heart moves four places anticlockwise and then stops. They repeat the same routine over and over again.
After how many routines will the heart and the arrow land in the same place as each other for the first time?
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7
8
9
10
It will never happen
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