The probability that a non-leap your selected

Question:

The probability that a non-leap your selected at random will contains 53 Sunday is 

(a) $\frac{1}{7}$

(b) $\frac{2}{7}$

(c) $\frac{3}{7}$

(d) $\frac{5}{7}$

 

Solution:

(a) A non-leap year has 365 days and therefore 52 weeks and 1 day. This 1 day may be Sunday or Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday or

Friday or Saturday. Thus, out of 7 possibilities, 1 favourable event is the event that the one day is Sunday.

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