Question

If january 1, 1996, was monday, what day of the week was january 1, 1997?

Answer 1

Answer:

If January 1, 1996, was a Monday, then January 1, 1997, was a Wednesday.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that every new year starts on the next day of the previous new year.

Example: If January 1, 2021, was a Friday, then January 1, 2022, will be a Saturday.

However, in the case of leap years, the year starts one day later.

Example: January 1, 2020, was a Wednesday. Since 2020 was a leap year, January 1, 2021, started a day later on Friday.

In the given case, 1996 is a leap year since it is divisible by 4.

Therefore, the new year will start a day later of January 1, 1996. Since January 1, 1996, was a Monday, January 1, 1997, will be a Wednesday.

Therefore, January 1, 1997, was a Wednesday.

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Answer 2

Concept:

If a year is divisible by 4 and not divisible by 100 then that is a leap year and if a year is divisible by 400 then that is also a leap year.

So first we have to find the year 1996 is leap year or regular year, then we have to find the number of odd days.

Given:

Given that, the date of January 1, 1996 was fell on Monday.

Find:

We have to find the day of the week was January 1, 1997.

Solution:

The given date is January 1, 1996.

Now, 1996/4 = 499, so it is divisible by 4 and 1996 is not divisible by 100.

So the year 1996 is a leap year.

So 1996 has 366 days in it.

If we divide 366 days by 7 (as a week consists of 7 days) so we get the remainder of 2.

So the number of odd days in 1996 is 2 days.

So Jan 1, 1997 is the day of = Monday + 2days = Wednesday

Hence January 1, 1997 is Wednesday if January 1, 1996 is Monday.

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