The probability that a non-leap year contains 53 Sunday is

The probability that a non-leap year contains 53 Sunday is
  1. $\frac{1}{7}$
  2. $\frac{1}{9}$
  3. $\frac{2}{7}$
  4. $\frac{1}{5}$

Solution

A non-leap year contains 365 days and there are total 52 weeks and 1 day in a non-leap year. Hence there should be 52 Sunday also. But the 1 extra day apart from those 52 weeks may be either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or a Sunday. Clearly, total possible events are $=7$ and Number of favourable events $=1$ Hence probability $=\frac{1}{7}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (19 May Shift 1)

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