Question

What is the probability of getting 53 Sundays in a Leap year? Please explain with all the steps.
What is the probability of getting 53 Sundays in a Leap year? Please explain with all the steps. @Mathematics

Answer 1

2/7 i feel so

Answer 2

yes 2/7

Answer 3

Yes it's correct. Can you explain how you got that..

Answer 4

well you can google it and get a bad explanation, but the question is ill posed.

Answer 5

See in one year normally we have 52 weeks that is 52*7 = 364 days
but in leap year we have 366 days
that is 366-364 = 2 days more
now these two days can be any day of the week
now what is the probability of occurance of any week days in these two days 2/7

Answer 6

Thanks sheg for such a great explanation..

Answer 7

that is the answer to "if you pick a leap year at random, what is the probability that it has 53 sundays" which is no doubt what your teacher want. but the question
What is the probability of getting 53 Sundays in a Leap year? is like asking what is the the probability that that 2 days from now is wednesday? the pattern is fixed, so there is no probability in it.

Answer 8

so sate you say prob is zero?

Answer 9

No, the answer 2/7 is correct. If the probability is 1, only then it is a sure event. But here as the probability is 2/7 it's possible.

Answer 10

hey satellite see we have a pair of days
mon , tue
tue , wed
wed, thus
thus , fri,
fri, sat,
sat, sun,
sun, mon
so we have seven pairs of days
out off these 2 pair contains sundays
what is the probability of occurance of pair containing sunday
????????????????

Answer 11

wow brilliant she!!

Answer 12

thanks arjuna

Answer 13

r u in college sheg?

Answer 14

no i dont study @ arjuna

Answer 15

no i am saying the question as stated makes no sense. the probability is either 1, or zero. leap hears have a pattern. they occur every 4 years, and every year the calender starts on a specific day. not some random day.

Answer 16

sate the starting point meaning day of leap year is not fixed you can pick any leap year from bc to ad with all 7 possible combinations

Answer 17

in fact of course leap year don't occur every 4 years. 2000 for example was not a leap year

Answer 18

It means out of 7 leap years, two leap years would have 53 Sundays.

Answer 19

nothing has probability zero?

Answer 20

means as it is science of uncertainty so u cannot be sure that is certain

Answer 21

There is probability of getting zero. "Like the whole of earth's water being emptied." That surely cannot happen.

Answer 22

or getting a 7 when you roll a die of 6 faces

Answer 23

lorda mercy. next year is a leap year. there will be 53 sundays in it. so god willing and the creek don't rise the probability that next year will have 53 sundays is 1, and the probability that it will have 52 sundays is zero. the calender is not a pair of dice.

Answer 24

or getting two medals for a single question from a single person in open study.

Answer 25

sate the year is not fixed so prob is not 1 or 0 .

Answer 26

which is why this question is ill posed and and makes probability seem like magic nonsense. if the question is "pick a leap year at random. what is the probability it has 53 sundays?" then the answer is 2/7
if the question is
What is the probability of getting 53 Sundays in a Leap year?
then the answer is "what leap year?"

Answer 27

hi abdulis this questoin from computer test or your teacher?

Answer 28

From my math teacher. @ Arjuna

Answer 29

advise: not all probability questions are properly defined for that matter any subject and hate when i find one like that not only confuses student and concept

Answer 30

true that.

Answer 31

MSP sir asked this question right?

Answer 32

now who is MSP

Answer 33

Our math teacher in FIITJEE Adyar Centre.

Answer 34

He's our maths teacher at FIITJEE coaching class. Shabeer and I got to the same coaching class

Answer 35

Ok IITans gr8 keep it up guys gear up

Answer 36

Though we are in grade 8 and are only preparing for NTSE.

Answer 37

yes......

Answer 38

whr u guys r from

Answer 39

India?

Answer 40

Chennai

Answer 41

wo to mujhe bhi pata hai..........lol

Answer 42

ok

Answer 43

Where are you from Sheg?