Question

The probability that the month of April has exactly 5 Mondays is​

Answer 1

Answer:

Number of days in April =30

probability = 5/30

= 1/6

Hence the probability is 1/6

Answer 2

Given data: The month of April has exactly 5 Mondays

To find: Probability

Solution:

• Probability is define as the number between 0 and 1 that gives event. It is also knowns outcomes or possibilities.
• According to the probability formula, probability = desired outcome / all possible outcomes.
• The month of April has 30 days and it contains 4 weeks 2days.
• 4 weeks has 4 Sundays and the 2 days may be [sat-sun, sun-mon, mon-tue, tue-wed, wed-thurs, thurs-fri and fri-sat].
• Total number of all possible outcomes are 7 and the desired outcomes are 2.
• Hence the Probability of the given data is $\frac{2}{7}$.