If a leap year is selected at random, what is the chance that it will contain 53 tuesdays?
If a leap year is selected at random, what is the chance that it will contain 53 tuesdays?
Official Solution
.: A leap year has 366 days, which contain 52 full weeks + 2 Extra Days.
The extra days can occur as:
(Monday, Tuesday),
(Tuesday, Wednesday),
(Wednesday, Thursday),
(Thursday, Friday),
(Friday, Saturday),
(Saturday, Sunday)
and (Sunday, Monday).
Thus, total no. of exhaustive cases = 7.
Out of these two are favourable i.e.
(Monday, Tuesday) and
(Tuesday, Wednesday)
Required Probability $= \cfrac{2}{7}$
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