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  • Mar 29, 2011, 08:12 AM
    praseela
    probability problems ?
    what is the probability that a non leap year chosen at random has
    a) 52 sundays
    b)53 sundays
  • Mar 29, 2011, 08:20 AM
    galactus

    Part a is obvious.

    Part b is the same as asking if a non-leap year starts on a Sunday. There are 7 days in a week. Wouldn't it be 1/7?
  • Mar 29, 2011, 08:26 AM
    ebaines

    Part a is no more obvious than part b. A non leap year has 365 days. Divide by 7 and you see that there are 52 weeks plus one extra day per year. So what is the probability that the extra day is a Sunday (part b), and the probability that the extra day is something other than a Sunday (part A)?

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