Question

What will be maximum no of sundays and mondays in a leap year?

Answer 1

Solution:

In a leap year there are 366 days.

We have ,

366 days = 52 weeks and 2 days

Thus , a leap year has always

52 Sundays and 52 Monday's

The remaining 2 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

Clearly , there are 7 elementary

events associated with random experiment.

Therefore,

Maximum number of Sundays and Mondays in a leap year = 53

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