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Q.What is the chance that a leap year, selected at random, will contain 53 Sundays?

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A leap year has 366 days =52×7+2=52\times7+2, so it always contains 52 complete weeks (hence 52 Sundays for sure) plus 2 extra days. Those 2 extra days can be any of the 7 equally likely consecutive pairs: (Sun,Mon), (Mon,Tue), (Tue,Wed), (Wed,Thu), (Thu,Fri), (Fri,Sat), (Sat,Sun). A 53rd Sunday occurs exactly when Sunday i …

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