Thursday 18 February 2016

Question.1 (Probability) [SOLVED]

Q.1 What is the probability of having 53 Mondays in a leap year?
Sol. A leap has 366 Days so it will have 52 weeks and 2 days. Those two days can be:
a) Sunday, Monday
b) Monday, Tuesday
c) Tuesday, Wednesday
d) Wednesday, Thursday
e) Thursday, Friday
f) Friday, Saturday
g) Saturday, Sunday

Out of all these outcomes, Monday comes in 2 of them. So,
Total outcomes: 7
Favourable outcomes: 2
Probability: 2/7 (ANSWER)

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