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Mostly 52 (Posted on 2024-02-27)

a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen leap year has 53 Fridays?

b. What is the probability of having 53 Fridays in a leap year of the current century?

Rem: Gregorian calendar, years from 1600 till 2099

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re(2): solution

| Comment 4 of 5 |

(In reply to re: solution by Math Man)

Indeed, I did not even bother to do the appropriate subtraction, assuming that Ady's time span was indeed 400 years, which of course is wrong.

Posted by Charlie on 2024-03-01 07:46:08

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