How many Sundays will be in a period of 100 years.a)5217b)5219c)5217 o...
In a period of 100 years there are 23 or 24 leap years (as for century year it might be or might not be a leap year, as 1900 was not a leap year)
Number of days in a period of 100 years is 365 x 100 + 23 or 365 x 100 + 24.
If century year is not a leap year then number of days = 365 x 100 + 23, and number of weeks is 5217 and 4 odd and for leap year it will be 5217 weeks and 5 odd days, hence number of Sundays is either 5217 or 5218.
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How many Sundays will be in a period of 100 years.a)5217b)5219c)5217 o...
Calculation of the Number of Sundays in a Period of 100 Years:
To determine the number of Sundays in a period of 100 years, we need to consider some key factors:
1. Leap Years:
- A leap year is a year that is evenly divisible by 4, except for end-of-century years, which must be divisible by 400 to be considered a leap year.
- In a leap year, there are 366 days instead of the usual 365 days.
2. Number of Days in a Year:
- In a non-leap year, there are 365 days.
- In a leap year, there are 366 days.
3. Day of the Week:
- A week has 7 days, starting from Sunday and ending on Saturday.
Step 1: Calculate the number of leap years in the given period of 100 years.
- Dividing 100 by 4, we get 25 leap years.
- However, century years (divisible by 100) are not considered leap years unless they are divisible by 400.
- Out of the 25 leap years, 4 of them (1900, 1800, 1700, 1600) are not leap years because they are divisible by 100 but not by 400.
- So, the total number of leap years in the given period is 25 - 4 = 21 leap years.
Step 2: Calculate the number of days in the given period of 100 years.
- In 100 years, there are 100 x 365 = 36,500 days.
- Adding the 21 leap years, we get an additional 21 x 366 = 7,686 days.
- Therefore, the total number of days in the given period is 36,500 + 7,686 = 44,186 days.
Step 3: Calculate the number of Sundays in the given period.
- Since a week has 7 days, the remainder when dividing the total number of days (44,186) by 7 will give us the number of Sundays.
- 44,186 divided by 7 gives a quotient of 6,312 and a remainder of 2.
- This means that there are 6,312 complete weeks and 2 additional days.
- As the first day of the given period is not mentioned, we cannot determine the exact day for the additional 2 days.
- However, if the first day is Sunday, then those 2 additional days will also be Sundays.
- Therefore, the number of Sundays in the given period is 6,312 (complete weeks) + 2 (additional days) = 6,314 Sundays.
Conclusion:
The correct answer is option 'C' (5217 or 5218). The number of Sundays in a period of 100 years can be either 5217 or 5218, depending on the specific days of the week for the first two days of the given period.