Question:
Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays.
Solution:
A leap year has 366 days with 52 weeks and 2 days.
Now, 52 weeks conatins 52 sundays.
The remaining two days can be:
(i) Sunday and Monday
(ii) Monday and Tuesday
(iii) Tuesday and Wednesday
(iv) Wednesday and Thursday
(v) Thursday and Friday
(vi) Friday and Saturday
(vii) Saturday and Sunday
Out of these 7 cases, there are two cases favouring it to be Sunday.
$\therefore \mathrm{P}$ (a leap year having 53 Sundays) $=\frac{\text { Number of favourable outcomes }}{\text { Number of all possible outcomes }}$
$=\frac{2}{7}$
Thus, the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is $\frac{2}{7}$.