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Published on: August 13, 2026
The probability that a non-leap year contains 53 Sunday is
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
A
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 
and Number of favourable events 
Hence probability 
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