if equal numbers of people are born on each day find the approximate percentage of people whose birthday will fall on 29th February. If we are to consider people born in 20th century (1901-2000) assuming no deaths.
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Answer:
0.0684
Step-by-step explanation:
in 100 years there will be 25 leap years... so 25 additional people will be born on this day..
so total people born=365×100×1+25×1
people born on 29 Feb=25*1
%age=25×1/{365*100*1+25*1}×100=0.0684
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The percentage of people whose birthday will fall on a particular day is 0.0684
Given:
To calculate the people who are born in 20th century from 1901 to 2000
To Find:
The percentage of people are born each day
Solution:
The year 1901-2000 has only 25 leap years
The total number of people born on 29th February = 25p
The total number of people born in entire 20th century ,
= 36500 + 25p
= 36525p
The required percentage of people born on 29th February ,
=
= 0.0684
The percentage of people born on a single day is 0.0684
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