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6) What is the probability of getting 53 Mondays in a leap year?

1 year = 365 days. A leap year has 366 days

A year has 52 weeks. Hence there will be 52 Sundays for sure.

52 weeks = 52 x 7 = 364 days

366 – 364 = 2 days

In a leap year there will be 52 Sundays and 2 days will be left.

These 2 days can be:

Sunday, Monday

Monday, Tuesday

Tuesday, Wednesday

Wednesday, Thursday

Thursday, Friday

Friday, Saturday

Saturday, Sunday

Of these total 7 outcomes, the favorable outcomes are 2. Hence the probability of getting 53 days = 2/7