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Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will have 53 Sundays

A. 6/7
B. 5/7
C. 4/7
D. 3/7
E. 2/7
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Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will have 53 Sundays

A. 6/7
B. 5/7
C. 4/7
D. 3/7
E. 2/7

There are 366 days in a leap year: 52 weeks and 2 more days. So, 52 Sundays and 2 days.

These 2 days can be: {Mon, Tue}, {Tue, Wed}, {Wed, Thu}, {Thu, Fri}, {Fri, Sat}, {Sat, Sun} and {Sun, Mon} (7 cases). In order to have 53 Sundays we should have either {Sat, Sun} or {Sun, Mon} case.

The probability of that is 2/7.

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What is the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays?

A.1/7 B. 2/7 C.7/366 D.3/7 E. 52/366
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What is the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays?

A.1/7 B. 2/7 C.7/366 D.3/7 E. 52/366

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Any given year will always have 52 complete weeks. So 52 Sundays will always be there in any year.

A leap year has 366 days.
52 weeks = 52*7=364 days

So we have 2 extra days apart from 52 weeks.

These 2 days can be (Saturday, Sunday), (Sunday, Monday), (Monday, Tuesday), (Tuesday, Wednesday), (Wednesday,Thursday), (Thursday, Friday), (Friday, Saturday).

For the year to have 53 Sundays, the 2 days must be either (Saturday, Sunday) or (Sunday, Monday)

Favourable cases = 2
Total possible cases = 7

Propability = $$\frac{Favourable}{Total}$$= $$\frac{2}{7}$$

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