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Find the probability that a leap year has 52 Sundays.1. 3/52. 1/33. 5/74. 1/2

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : 5/7

Given 

No.of days in leap year = 366 days 

Formula Used 

Probability = (Actual/Total)

Calculation 

No. of weeks and day in leap year = 366/7 = 52 weeks and 2 days 

Every leap year has 52 sundays 

The probability of having 52 Sundays in a leap year is thus the remaining two days can be any of this formation

Sunday-Monday, Monday-Tuesday, Tuesday-Wednesday, Wednesday-Thursday, Thursday-Friday, Friday-Saturday, Saturday-Sunday.

However, to get 52 Sundays in a leap year, none of the remaining two days must be a Sunday

then out of the 7 combinations above, that can be only realized 5 out of 7 times.

The connection "Sunday-Monday and Saturday-Sunday" most be scraped off.

so, probability having 52 sunday = 5/7 

∴ The required answer is 5/7 

 

 



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